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YTE to DTW: distance & flight time
Cape Dorset (Cape Dorset Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
1,545 mi
2,487 km · 1,343 nm
3h 30m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading south
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Flight time details
1,545 miles nonstop takes roughly 3h 30m 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
- YTE — Cape Dorset Airport · Cape Dorset, 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 YTE
- YIK · Ivujivik Airport133 mi away
- YZG · Salluit Airport144 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 YTE from DTW?
The flight distance from Cape Dorset (YTE) to Detroit (DTW) is 1,545 miles (2,487 km, 1,343 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YTE to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 3h 30m 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 YTE to DTW?
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