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AOU to DTW: distance & flight time
Attopeu (Attopeu Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
8,444 mi
13,589 km · 7,337 nm
17h 1m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
8,444 miles nonstop takes roughly 17h 1m gate to gate, flying north. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- AOU — Attopeu Airport · Attopeu, Laos
- DTW — Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · Detroit, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near AOU
- VNA · Saravane Airport68 mi away
- PKZ · Pakse International Airport73 mi away
- RBE · Ratanakiri Airport76 mi away
- PXU · Pleiku Airport98 mi away
Near DTW
- YIP · Willow Run Airport9 mi away
- ARB · Ann Arbor Municipal Airport20 mi away
- YQG · Windsor Airport21 mi away
- DET · Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport22 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is AOU from DTW?
The flight distance from Attopeu (AOU) to Detroit (DTW) is 8,444 miles (13,589 km, 7,337 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from AOU to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 17h 1m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from AOU to DTW?
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