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BOW to DTW: distance & flight time
Bartow (Bartow Municipal Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
990 mi
1,593 km · 860 nm
2h 37m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
990 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 37m 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
- BOW — Bartow Municipal Airport · Bartow, 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.
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Near BOW
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 BOW from DTW?
The flight distance from Bartow (BOW) to Detroit (DTW) is 990 miles (1,593 km, 860 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BOW to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 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 BOW to DTW?
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