Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
YUL to DTW: distance & flight time
Montreal (Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
529 mi
851 km · 460 nm
1h 37m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading west
See live YUL→DTW fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
529 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 37m gate to gate, flying west. 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
- YUL — Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Montreal, 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.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
Near YUL
- YHU · Montréal / Saint-Hubert Airport16 mi away
- YMX · Montreal International (Mirabel) Airport20 mi away
- YJN · St Jean Airport25 mi away
- YCC · Cornwall Regional Airport48 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 YUL from DTW?
The flight distance from Montreal (YUL) to Detroit (DTW) is 529 miles (851 km, 460 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YUL to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 37m 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 YUL to DTW?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on YUL–DTW that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.