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FEL to DTW: distance & flight time
Fuerstenfeldbruck (Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
4,321 mi
6,954 km · 3,755 nm
8h 56m
estimated nonstop flight time
-6h
time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
4,321 miles nonstop takes roughly 8h 56m gate to gate, flying northwest. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 6-hour time set-back when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- FEL — Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base · Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany
- DTW — Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · Detroit, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near FEL
- OBF · Oberpfaffenhofen Airport9 mi away
- AGB · Augsburg Airport22 mi away
- MUC · Munich Airport26 mi away
- IGS · Ingolstadt Manching Airport37 mi away
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
Frequently asked questions
How far is FEL from DTW?
The flight distance from Fuerstenfeldbruck (FEL) to Detroit (DTW) is 4,321 miles (6,954 km, 3,755 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from FEL to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 8h 56m 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 Fuerstenfeldbruck and Detroit?
Detroit is 6 hours behind Fuerstenfeldbruck.
What is the cheapest way to fly from FEL to DTW?
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