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CHA to DET: distance & flight time
Chattanooga (Lovell Field) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
523 mi
842 km · 454 nm
1h 36m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
523 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 36m 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
- CHA — Lovell Field · Chattanooga, 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 CHA
- APT · Marion County Brown Field22 mi away
- HDI · Hardwick Field25 mi away
- DNN · Dalton Municipal Airport29 mi away
- UOS · Franklin County Airport41 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 CHA from DET?
The flight distance from Chattanooga (CHA) to Detroit (DET) is 523 miles (842 km, 454 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from CHA to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 36m 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 CHA to DET?
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