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PMH to DET: distance & flight time
Portsmouth (Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
247 mi
397 km · 214 nm
1h 7m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
247 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 7m 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
- PMH — Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport · Portsmouth, 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 PMH
- HTS · Tri-State/Milton J. Ferguson Field36 mi away
- ATO · Ohio University Snyder Field42 mi away
- ILN · Wilmington Airpark65 mi away
- LCK · Rickenbacker International Airport67 mi away
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 PMH from DET?
The flight distance from Portsmouth (PMH) to Detroit (DET) is 247 miles (397 km, 214 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from PMH to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 7m 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 PMH to DET?
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