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SPA to DTW: distance & flight time
Spartangurg (Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
510 mi
820 km · 443 nm
1h 34m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
510 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 34m 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
- SPA — Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport · Spartangurg, 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 SPA
- GSP · Greenville Spartanburg International Airport15 mi away
- CLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport61 mi away
- GMU · Greenville Downtown Airport23 mi away
- GDC · Donaldson Field Airport26 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 SPA from DTW?
The flight distance from Spartangurg (SPA) to Detroit (DTW) is 510 miles (820 km, 443 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SPA to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 34m 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 SPA to DTW?
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