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GUU to DTW: distance & flight time
Grundarfjordur (Grundarfjörður Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
2,771 mi
4,460 km · 2,408 nm
5h 54m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
2,771 miles nonstop takes roughly 5h 54m 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
- GUU — Grundarfjörður Airport · Grundarfjordur, Iceland
- 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 GUU
- PFJ · Patreksfjörður Airport44 mi away
- BIU · Bildudalur Airport46 mi away
- RKV · Reykjavik Airport71 mi away
- KEF · Keflavik International Airport72 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 GUU from DTW?
The flight distance from Grundarfjordur (GUU) to Detroit (DTW) is 2,771 miles (4,460 km, 2,408 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from GUU to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 5h 54m 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 GUU to DTW?
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