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TVC to DET: distance & flight time
Traverse City (Cherry Capital Airport) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
206 mi
332 km · 179 nm
1h 1m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
206 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 1m gate to gate, flying southeast. 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
- TVC — Cherry Capital Airport · Traverse City, 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 TVC
- MBL · Manistee Co Blacker Airport46 mi away
- GLR · Gaylord Regional Airport47 mi away
- HTL · Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport52 mi away
- LDM · Mason County Airport68 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 TVC from DET?
The flight distance from Traverse City (TVC) to Detroit (DET) is 206 miles (332 km, 179 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from TVC to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 1m 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 TVC to DET?
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