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DET to EWR: distance & flight time
Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport) → Newark (Newark Liberty International Airport)
472 mi
760 km · 410 nm
1h 30m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
472 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 30m gate to gate, flying east. 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
- DET — Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport · Detroit, United States
- EWR — Newark Liberty International Airport · Newark, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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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
Near EWR
- LGA · La Guardia Airport17 mi away
- JFK · John F Kennedy International Airport21 mi away
- LDJ · Linden Airport7 mi away
- JRB · Downtown-Manhattan/Wall St Heliport8 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is DET from EWR?
The flight distance from Detroit (DET) to Newark (EWR) is 472 miles (760 km, 410 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from DET to EWR?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 30m 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 DET to EWR?
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