Detroit (DTW) – New York (LGA)
- Distance
- 807 km
- 502 mi · 436 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 45 min / 1 h 57 min
- Average gate to gate: DTW → LGA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 101 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (60 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 946,617
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −7.4%
- Flights / week
- 144
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 1,193,232 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, NK, YX
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DTW
- 98°
- Heading from LGA
- 285°
- Halfway point
- 41.59, -78.56
- Great-circle km
- 805 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DTW → LGA
- 1 h 16 min
- In the air LGA → DTW
- 1 h 23 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 94,135 |
| Sep 2025 | 86,258 |
| Oct 2025 | 91,998 |
| Nov 2025 | 86,156 |
| Dec 2025 | 88,053 |
| Jan 2026 | 65,886 |
| Feb 2026 | 64,942 |
| Mar 2026 | 77,159 |
| Apr 2026 | 83,275 |
| May 2026 | 73,327 |
| Jun 2026 | 68,983 |
| Jul 2026 | 66,445 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 665 |
| Sep 2025 | 727 |
| Oct 2025 | 757 |
| Nov 2025 | 722 |
| Dec 2025 | 665 |
| Jan 2026 | 642 |
| Feb 2026 | 573 |
| Mar 2026 | 591 |
| Apr 2026 | 666 |
| May 2026 | 534 |
| Jun 2026 | 491 |
| Jul 2026 | 478 |
Airlines flying DTW–LGA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 74 | 61% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 32 | 26% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 38 | 13% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 0.3 | 0% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 3,331 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,984 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 969 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 575 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 464 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 82 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 66 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 14 flights
Also carried: 8 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 19 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 5%
- Flights counted
- 7,871
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 79.4% | 17 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 76.2% | 20 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 72.1% | 23 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 31% · air traffic system 39% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $182
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $199
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 50% of passengers · $250
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 33% of passengers · $89
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $206 · Q3 2025 $193 · Q4 2025 $211 · Q1 2026 $182).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $186, likely $165–$211
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.3%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 6% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 805 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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