Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
DET to IWK: distance & flight time
Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport) → Iwakuni (Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station)
6,697 mi
10,777 km · 5,819 nm
13h 36m
estimated nonstop flight time
—
time difference · heading northwest
See live DET→IWK fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
6,697 miles nonstop takes roughly 13h 36m 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
- DET — Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport · Detroit, United States
- IWK — Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station · Iwakuni, Japan
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
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 IWK
- HIW · Hiroshimanishi Airport18 mi away
- MYJ · Matsuyama Airport34 mi away
- HIJ · Hiroshima Airport44 mi away
- IWJ · Iwami Airport45 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is DET from IWK?
The flight distance from Detroit (DET) to Iwakuni (IWK) is 6,697 miles (10,777 km, 5,819 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from DET to IWK?
A nonstop flight takes about 13h 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 DET to IWK?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on DET–IWK that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.