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BDL to DET: distance & flight time
Windsor Locks (Bradley International Airport) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
529 mi
852 km · 460 nm
1h 37m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
529 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 37m gate to gate, flying west. 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
- BDL — Bradley International Airport · Windsor Locks, 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 BDL
- HFD · Hartford Brainard Airport14 mi away
- BAF · Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport15 mi away
- CEF · Westover ARB/Metropolitan Airport19 mi away
- OXC · Waterbury Oxford Airport39 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 BDL from DET?
The flight distance from Windsor Locks (BDL) to Detroit (DET) is 529 miles (852 km, 460 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BDL to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 37m 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 BDL to DET?
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