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CLE to DTW: distance & flight time
Cleveland (Cleveland Hopkins International Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
95 mi
153 km · 83 nm
43m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
95 miles nonstop takes roughly 43m 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
- CLE — Cleveland Hopkins International Airport · Cleveland, 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 CLE
- BKL · Burke Lakefront Airport11 mi away
- CGF · Cuyahoga County Airport22 mi away
- LNN · Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Airport30 mi away
- AKC · Akron Fulton International Airport33 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 CLE from DTW?
The flight distance from Cleveland (CLE) to Detroit (DTW) is 95 miles (153 km, 83 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from CLE to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 43m 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 CLE to DTW?
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