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SCE to DTW: distance & flight time
State College Pennsylvania (University Park Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
300 mi
483 km · 261 nm
1h 15m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
300 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 15m 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
- SCE — University Park Airport · State College Pennsylvania, 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 SCE
- LHV · William T. Piper Memorial Airport30 mi away
- AOO · Altoona Blair County Airport46 mi away
- IPT · Williamsport Regional Airport55 mi away
- DUJ · DuBois Regional Airport59 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 SCE from DTW?
The flight distance from State College Pennsylvania (SCE) to Detroit (DTW) is 300 miles (483 km, 261 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SCE to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 15m 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 SCE to DTW?
Nonstop service on SCE–DTW 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 15m nonstop estimate.
What is the cheapest way to fly from SCE to DTW?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on SCE–DTW that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some SCE to DTW fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain SCE–DTW 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.