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YYU to DTW: distance & flight time
Kapuskasing (Kapuskasing Airport) → Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
499 mi
804 km · 434 nm
1h 33m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading south
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Flight time details
499 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 33m 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
- YYU — Kapuskasing Airport · Kapuskasing, 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 YYU
- YHF · Hearst René Fontaine Municipal Airport58 mi away
- YCN · Cochrane Airport69 mi away
- YTS · Timmins/Victor M. Power76 mi away
- YHN · Hornepayne Municipal Airport104 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 YYU from DTW?
The flight distance from Kapuskasing (YYU) to Detroit (DTW) is 499 miles (804 km, 434 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YYU to DTW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 33m 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 YYU to DTW?
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