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LUK to DET: distance & flight time
Cincinnati (Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
240 mi
386 km · 209 nm
1h 6m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
240 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 6m gate to gate, flying north. 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
- LUK — Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field · Cincinnati, United States
- DET — Coleman A. Young Municipal 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 LUK
Near DET
- DTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport22 mi away
- YQG · Windsor Airport10 mi away
- MTC · Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport17 mi away
- PTK · Oakland County International Airport27 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is LUK from DET?
The flight distance from Cincinnati (LUK) to Detroit (DET) is 240 miles (386 km, 209 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from LUK to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 6m 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 LUK to DET?
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