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DAN to DTW: distance & flight time
Danville (Danville Regional Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
445 mi
716 km · 386 nm
1h 26m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
445 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 26m 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
- DAN — Danville Regional Airport · Danville, 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 DAN
- GSO · Piedmont Triad International Airport47 mi away
- LYH · Lynchburg Regional Preston Glenn Field53 mi away
- RDU · Raleigh Durham International Airport57 mi away
- INT · Smith Reynolds Airport58 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 DAN from DTW?
The flight distance from Danville (DAN) to Detroit (DTW) is 445 miles (716 km, 386 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from DAN to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 26m 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 DAN to DTW?
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