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FWA to DTW: distance & flight time
Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne International Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
128 mi
206 km · 111 nm
48m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
128 miles nonstop takes roughly 48m gate to gate, flying northeast. 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
- FWA — Fort Wayne International Airport · Fort Wayne, 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 FWA
- SMD · Smith Field12 mi away
- ANQ · Tri State Steuben County Airport46 mi away
- MIE · Delaware County Johnson Field52 mi away
- GUS · Grissom Air Reserve Base55 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 FWA from DTW?
The flight distance from Fort Wayne (FWA) to Detroit (DTW) is 128 miles (206 km, 111 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from FWA to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 48m 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 FWA to DTW?
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