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YAM to DET: distance & flight time
Sault Sainte Marie (Sault Ste Marie Airport) → Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport)
291 mi
469 km · 253 nm
1h 14m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading south
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Flight time details
291 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 14m 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
- YAM — Sault Ste Marie Airport · Sault Sainte Marie, 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.
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Near YAM
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 YAM from DET?
The flight distance from Sault Sainte Marie (YAM) to Detroit (DET) is 291 miles (469 km, 253 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAM to DET?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 14m 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 YAM to DET?
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