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LAF to DTW: distance & flight time
Lafayette (Purdue University Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
224 mi
360 km · 194 nm
1h 3m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
224 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 3m 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
- LAF — Purdue University Airport · Lafayette, 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 LAF
- DNV · Vermilion Regional Airport38 mi away
- RNZ · Jasper County Airport39 mi away
- GUS · Grissom Air Reserve Base44 mi away
- OKK · Kokomo Municipal Airport47 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 LAF from DTW?
The flight distance from Lafayette (LAF) to Detroit (DTW) is 224 miles (360 km, 194 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from LAF to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 3m 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 LAF to DTW?
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