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DTW to FME: distance & flight time
Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport) → Fort Meade (Tipton Airport)
407 mi
656 km · 354 nm
1h 21m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
407 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 21m gate to gate, flying southeast. 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
- FME — Tipton Airport · Fort Meade, 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 FME
Frequently asked questions
How far is DTW from FME?
The flight distance from Detroit (DTW) to Fort Meade (FME) is 407 miles (656 km, 354 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from DTW to FME?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 21m 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 FME?
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