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Detroit (DTW) – Miami (MIA)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,843 km
1,145 mi · 995 nm
Flight time
3 h 6 min / 3 h 7 min
Average gate to gate: DTW → MIA / back
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
232 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (137 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
490,850
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +4.1%
Flights / week
67
Both directions, average
Seats filled
81%
605,610 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
6
DL, AA, NK

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

Great circle from DTW to MIADTWMIA
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from DTW
170°
Heading from MIA
352°
Halfway point
34.02, -81.67
Great-circle km
1,847 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air DTW → MIA
2 h 36 min
In the air MIA → DTW
2 h 34 min
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 61,883 passengers
050K100KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar61.9KAprMayJunJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202539,349
Sep 202528,505
Oct 202536,726
Nov 202538,294
Dec 202548,109
Jan 202648,730
Feb 202651,821
Mar 202661,883
Apr 202645,860
May 202631,229
Jun 202631,303
Jul 202629,041
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 435 flights
0200400600AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar435AprMayJunJul
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Month Flights
Aug 2025267
Sep 2025240
Oct 2025272
Nov 2025277
Dec 2025329
Jan 2026355
Feb 2026373
Mar 2026435
Apr 2026320
May 2026207
Jun 2026234
Jul 2026195

Airlines flying DTW–MIA nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
DLDelta Air Lines36
56%
AAAmerican Airlines15
21%
NKSpirit Air Lines10
16%
F9Frontier Airlines2.4
4%
MQEnvoy Air3.5
2%
YXRepublic Airline0.4
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

  • Boeing 737-900ER · 1,208 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 680 flights
  • Boeing 737-800 · 614 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 429 flights
  • Embraer ERJ-175 · 202 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 137 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 114 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 58 flights

Also carried: 140 tonnes of freight and 149 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
76.6%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
18 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
1.4%
Flights counted
3,551
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
DLDelta Air Lines77.7%17 min
AAAmerican Airlines79.2%16 min
NKSpirit Air Lines70.1%22 min
MQEnvoy Air80.4%13 min
F9Frontier Airlines67.2%31 min
YXRepublic Airline65%38 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 42% · aircraft arriving late 31% · air traffic system 23% · weather 4% · 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
$249
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$221
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
Delta Air Lines
48% of passengers · $329
Lowest-fare airline
Spirit Air Lines
26% of passengers · $129

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $212 · Q3 2025 $180 · Q4 2025 $223 · Q1 2026 $249).

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: 1,847 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.

Every airport pair between Detroit and Miami

MIAOPF
DTW1,8431,831

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Miami airports

More routes from DTW

Route Distance Passengers / year
DTW → ATL957 km 1,582,272
DTW → MCO1,540 km 1,270,008
DTW → LGA807 km 946,617
DTW → DFW1,587 km 908,215
DTW → LAS2,814 km 893,094
DTW → DEN1,807 km 886,499
DTW → FLL1,814 km 861,720
DTW → ORD377 km 806,774
DTW → LAX3,185 km 793,602
DTW → PHX2,688 km 781,993

More routes from MIA

Route Distance Passengers / year
MIA → ATL957 km 1,901,419
MIA → LGA1,764 km 1,803,803
MIA → DFW1,804 km 1,512,657
MIA → JFK1,753 km 1,326,964
MIA → ORD1,926 km 1,321,385
MIA → EWR1,746 km 1,160,582
MIA → CLT1,046 km 1,102,847
MIA → LAX3,769 km 1,061,103
MIA → LHR7,121 km 1,048,211
MIA → DCA1,480 km 1,044,799

Questions

Detroit (DTW) and Miami (MIA) are 1,843 km (1,145 miles, 995 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.