Detroit (DTW) – Raleigh (RDU)
- Distance
- 806 km
- 501 mi · 435 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 39 min / 1 h 42 min
- Average gate to gate: DTW → RDU / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 101 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (60 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 346,416
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.8%
- Flights / week
- 57
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 74%
- 465,762 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, F9, 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
The way there
- Heading from DTW
- 149°
- Heading from RDU
- 332°
- Halfway point
- 39.07, -80.97
- Great-circle km
- 807 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DTW → RDU
- 1 h 13 min
- In the air RDU → DTW
- 1 h 18 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 | 36,296 |
| Sep 2025 | 30,014 |
| Oct 2025 | 34,996 |
| Nov 2025 | 32,016 |
| Dec 2025 | 25,928 |
| Jan 2026 | 18,594 |
| Feb 2026 | 20,889 |
| Mar 2026 | 28,432 |
| Apr 2026 | 29,702 |
| May 2026 | 29,849 |
| Jun 2026 | 29,829 |
| Jul 2026 | 29,871 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 301 |
| Sep 2025 | 261 |
| Oct 2025 | 283 |
| Nov 2025 | 299 |
| Dec 2025 | 244 |
| Jan 2026 | 200 |
| Feb 2026 | 205 |
| Mar 2026 | 247 |
| Apr 2026 | 262 |
| May 2026 | 240 |
| Jun 2026 | 224 |
| Jul 2026 | 223 |
Airlines flying DTW–RDU nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 51 | 88% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 4.2 | 8% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 2.0 | 3% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 0.7 | 1% |
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 A319 · 874 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 623 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 448 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 422 flights
- Boeing 717-200 · 359 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 128 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 94 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 28 flights
Also carried: 54 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 86%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 11 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.6%
- Flights counted
- 2,998
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 86.1% | 11 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 83.9% | 11 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 87.7% | 8 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 44% · aircraft arriving late 33% · air traffic system 21% · weather 1% · 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
- $248
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $216
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 82% of passengers · $266
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 10% of passengers · $121
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $214 · Q3 2025 $202 · Q4 2025 $212 · Q1 2026 $248).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 807 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.