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SMD to DET: distance & flight time
Fort Wayne IN (Smith Field) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
141 mi
227 km · 122 nm
50m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
141 miles nonstop takes roughly 50m 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
- SMD — Smith Field · Fort Wayne IN, 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 SMD
- FWA · Fort Wayne International Airport12 mi away
- ANQ · Tri State Steuben County Airport34 mi away
- EKI · Elkhart Municipal Airport59 mi away
- GUS · Grissom Air Reserve Base62 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 SMD from DET?
The flight distance from Fort Wayne IN (SMD) to Detroit (DET) is 141 miles (227 km, 122 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SMD to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 50m 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 SMD to DET?
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