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WRI to DET: distance & flight time
Wrightstown (Mc Guire Air Force Base) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
468 mi
752 km · 406 nm
1h 29m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
468 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 29m gate to gate, flying northwest. 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
- WRI — Mc Guire Air Force Base · Wrightstown, 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 WRI
- PHL · Philadelphia International Airport36 mi away
- EWR · Newark Liberty International Airport52 mi away
- NEL · Lakehurst Maxfield Field Airport13 mi away
- LLY · South Jersey Regional Airport14 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 WRI from DET?
The flight distance from Wrightstown (WRI) to Detroit (DET) is 468 miles (752 km, 406 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from WRI to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 29m 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 WRI to DET?
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