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DET to POA: distance & flight time
Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport) → Porto Alegre (Salgado Filho Airport)
5,397 mi
8,685 km · 4,690 nm
11h 3m
estimated nonstop flight time
+1h
time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
5,397 miles nonstop takes roughly 11h 3m gate to gate, flying southeast. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 1-hour time gain when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- DET — Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport · Detroit, United States
- POA — Salgado Filho Airport · Porto Alegre, Brazil
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 POA
- CXJ · Hugo Cantergiani Regional Airport55 mi away
- CCM · Diomício Freitas Airport137 mi away
- PET · João Simões Lopes Neto International Airport137 mi away
- PFB · Lauro Kurtz Airport140 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is DET from POA?
The flight distance from Detroit (DET) to Porto Alegre (POA) is 5,397 miles (8,685 km, 4,690 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from DET to POA?
A nonstop flight takes about 11h 3m 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 time difference between Detroit and Porto Alegre?
Porto Alegre is 1 hour ahead of Detroit.
What is the cheapest way to fly from DET to POA?
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