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HTL to MGY: distance & flight time
Houghton Lake (Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport) → Dayton (Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport)
330 mi
532 km · 287 nm
1h 20m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading south
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Flight time details
330 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 20m gate to gate, flying south. 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
- MGY — Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport · Dayton, 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 MGY
- FFO · Wright-Patterson Air Force Base19 mi away
- DAY · James M Cox Dayton International Airport22 mi away
- HAO · Butler Co Regional Airport - Hogan Field22 mi away
- ILN · Wilmington Airpark26 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is HTL from MGY?
The flight distance from Houghton Lake (HTL) to Dayton (MGY) is 330 miles (532 km, 287 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from HTL to MGY?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 20m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
Are there nonstop flights from HTL to MGY?
Nonstop service on HTL–MGY depends on the season and the day of week. Run the fare search on this page with the nonstop filter applied to see current direct options; when there is no nonstop, a single connection through a carrier hub adds roughly 2–4 hours to the 1h 20m nonstop estimate.
What is the cheapest way to fly from HTL to MGY?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on HTL–MGY that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some HTL to MGY fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain HTL–MGY tickets below the price airlines permit us to publish online, so those fares can only be quoted over the phone. Call the travel desk and an agent will check phone-only inventory for your dates.