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GFL to DTW: distance & flight time
Queensbury (Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
500 mi
805 km · 434 nm
1h 33m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
500 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 33m gate to gate, flying west. 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
- GFL — Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport · Queensbury, 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 GFL
- RUT · Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport36 mi away
- SCH · Schenectady County Airport37 mi away
- ALB · Albany International Airport42 mi away
- LKP · Lake Placid Airport66 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 GFL from DTW?
The flight distance from Queensbury (GFL) to Detroit (DTW) is 500 miles (805 km, 434 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from GFL to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 33m 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 GFL to DTW?
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