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DTW to ABE: distance & flight time
Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport) → Allentown (Lehigh Valley International Airport)
424 mi
682 km · 368 nm
1h 23m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
424 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 23m 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
- DTW — Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · Detroit, United States
- ABE — Lehigh Valley International Airport · Allentown, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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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
Near ABE
- PHL · Philadelphia International Airport55 mi away
- UKT · Quakertown Airport15 mi away
- EWR · Newark Liberty International Airport67 mi away
- DYL · Doylestown Airport28 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is DTW from ABE?
The flight distance from Detroit (DTW) to Allentown (ABE) is 424 miles (682 km, 368 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from DTW to ABE?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 23m 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 DTW to ABE?
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