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PQI to DET: distance & flight time
Presque Isle (Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
792 mi
1,275 km · 689 nm
2h 11m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
792 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 11m gate to gate, flying west. 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
- PQI — Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle · Presque Isle, 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 PQI
- CAR · Caribou Municipal Airport13 mi away
- YSL · St Leonard Airport34 mi away
- HUL · Houlton International Airport41 mi away
- WFK · Northern Aroostook Regional Airport43 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 PQI from DET?
The flight distance from Presque Isle (PQI) to Detroit (DET) is 792 miles (1,275 km, 689 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from PQI to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 11m 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 PQI to DET?
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