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SME to DET: distance & flight time
Somerset (Lake Cumberland Regional Airport) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
380 mi
611 km · 330 nm
1h 28m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
380 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 28m 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
- SME — Lake Cumberland Regional Airport · Somerset, 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 SME
- LOZ · London-Corbin Airport/Magee Field29 mi away
- LEX · Blue Grass Airport68 mi away
- GLW · Glasgow Municipal Airport74 mi away
- FFT · Capital City Airport80 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 SME from DET?
The flight distance from Somerset (SME) to Detroit (DET) is 380 miles (611 km, 330 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SME to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 28m 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 SME to DET?
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