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BWI to DET: distance & flight time
Baltimore (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
400 mi
643 km · 347 nm
1h 31m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
400 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 31m gate to gate, flying northwest. 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
- BWI — Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport · Baltimore, 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 BWI
- DCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport30 mi away
- IAD · Washington Dulles International Airport45 mi away
- FME · Tipton Airport8 mi away
- ANP · Lee Airport17 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 BWI from DET?
The flight distance from Baltimore (BWI) to Detroit (DET) is 400 miles (643 km, 347 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BWI to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 31m 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 BWI to DET?
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