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CAP to DET: distance & flight time
Cap Haitien (Cap Haitien International Airport) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
1,689 mi
2,718 km · 1,468 nm
3h 47m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
1,689 miles nonstop takes roughly 3h 47m 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
- CAP — Cap Haitien International Airport · Cap Haitien, Haiti
- 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 CAP
- PAX · Port-de-Paix Airport45 mi away
- PAP · Toussaint Louverture International Airport80 mi away
- JAK · Jacmel Airport105 mi away
- POP · Gregorio Luperon International Airport106 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 CAP from DET?
The flight distance from Cap Haitien (CAP) to Detroit (DET) is 1,689 miles (2,718 km, 1,468 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from CAP to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 3h 47m 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 CAP to DET?
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