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