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APN to DET: distance & flight time
Alpena (Alpena County Regional Airport) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
186 mi
300 km · 162 nm
57m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading south
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Flight time details
186 miles nonstop takes roughly 57m gate to gate, flying south. 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
- APN — Alpena County Regional Airport · Alpena, United States
- DET — Coleman A. Young Municipal 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 APN
- OSC · Oscoda Wurtsmith Airport44 mi away
- ECA · Iosco County Airport53 mi away
- GLR · Gaylord Regional Airport56 mi away
- DRE · Drummond Island Airport65 mi away
Near DET
- DTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport22 mi away
- YQG · Windsor Airport10 mi away
- MTC · Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport17 mi away
- PTK · Oakland County International Airport27 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is APN from DET?
The flight distance from Alpena (APN) to Detroit (DET) is 186 miles (300 km, 162 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from APN to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 57m 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 APN to DET?
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