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SUR to DET: distance & flight time
Summer Beaver (Summer Beaver Airport) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
756 mi
1,217 km · 657 nm
2h 7m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading south
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Flight time details
756 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 7m gate to gate, flying south. 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
- SUR — Summer Beaver Airport · Summer Beaver, Canada
- 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.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
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Near SUR
- WNN · Wunnumin Lake Airport34 mi away
- YLH · Lansdowne House Airport44 mi away
- YWP · Webequie Airport52 mi away
- XKS · Kasabonika Airport57 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 SUR from DET?
The flight distance from Summer Beaver (SUR) to Detroit (DET) is 756 miles (1,217 km, 657 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SUR to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 7m 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 SUR to DET?
Nonstop service on SUR–DET 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 2h 7m nonstop estimate.
What is the cheapest way to fly from SUR to DET?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on SUR–DET that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some SUR to DET fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain SUR–DET 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.