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SQJ to DET: distance & flight time
Sanming (Shaxian Airport) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
7,499 mi
12,068 km · 6,516 nm
15h 10m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
7,499 miles nonstop takes roughly 15h 10m 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
- SQJ — Shaxian Airport · Sanming, China
- 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 SQJ
- LCX · Longyan Guanzhishan Airport85 mi away
- WUS · Nanping Wuyishan Airport89 mi away
- FOC · Fuzhou Changle International Airport118 mi away
- JJN · Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport122 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 SQJ from DET?
The flight distance from Sanming (SQJ) to Detroit (DET) is 7,499 miles (12,068 km, 6,516 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SQJ to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 15h 10m 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 SQJ to DET?
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