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HTL to DTW: distance & flight time
Houghton Lake (Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
162 mi
262 km · 141 nm
54m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
162 miles nonstop takes roughly 54m gate to gate, flying southeast. 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
- HTL — Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport · Houghton Lake, 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 HTL
- GDW · Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport29 mi away
- GLR · Gaylord Regional Airport45 mi away
- TVC · Cherry Capital Airport52 mi away
- ECA · Iosco County Airport62 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 HTL from DTW?
The flight distance from Houghton Lake (HTL) to Detroit (DTW) is 162 miles (262 km, 141 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from HTL to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 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 HTL to DTW?
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