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YQT to DTW: distance & flight time
Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
515 mi
828 km · 447 nm
1h 35m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
515 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 35m 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
- YQT — Thunder Bay Airport · Thunder Bay, Canada
- DTW — Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County 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 YQT
- GRM · Grand Marais Cook County Airport61 mi away
- CMX · Houghton County Memorial Airport92 mi away
- YIB · Atikokan Municipal Airport109 mi away
- LYU · Ely Municipal Airport122 mi away
Near DTW
- YIP · Willow Run Airport9 mi away
- ARB · Ann Arbor Municipal Airport20 mi away
- YQG · Windsor Airport21 mi away
- DET · Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport22 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YQT from DTW?
The flight distance from Thunder Bay (YQT) to Detroit (DTW) is 515 miles (828 km, 447 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YQT to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 35m 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 YQT to DTW?
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