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BWI to DTW: distance & flight time
Baltimore (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
408 mi
657 km · 355 nm
1h 21m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
408 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 21m 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
- 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 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 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 BWI from DTW?
The flight distance from Baltimore (BWI) to Detroit (DTW) is 408 miles (657 km, 355 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BWI to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 21m 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 DTW?
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