Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
BDR to DTW: distance & flight time
Stratford (Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
532 mi
857 km · 463 nm
1h 37m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading west
See live BDR→DTW fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
532 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
- BDR — Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport · Stratford, United States
- 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.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
Near BDR
- LGA · La Guardia Airport47 mi away
- JFK · John F Kennedy International Airport50 mi away
- HVN · Tweed New Haven Airport14 mi away
- OXC · Waterbury Oxford Airport22 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 BDR from DTW?
The flight distance from Stratford (BDR) to Detroit (DTW) is 532 miles (857 km, 463 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BDR to DTW?
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 BDR to DTW?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on BDR–DTW that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.