The flight time from Detroit to Raleigh Durham is 1 hour, 33 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DTW Detroit, MI 3 minutes early.
13 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 13 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives RDU Raleigh Durham, NC 10 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
88%
Frontier
75%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Detroit to Raleigh Durham is 1 hour, 33 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 13 minutes.

The flight distance from Detroit to Raleigh Durham is 501 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Raleigh Durham to Detroit
1 hour, 40 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Delta
1h 33m
Frontier
1h 38m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

28

Distance

501 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

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Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
26
Frontier
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Detroit from Raleigh Durham by plane?

The distance from Detroit to Raleigh Durham by plane is 501 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Detroit to Raleigh Durham?

The flight time from Detroit to Raleigh Durham is 1 hour, 33 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 13 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Delta being the fastest taking 1 hour, 33 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 1 hour, 38 minutes.

What airlines fly from Detroit to Raleigh Durham?

Delta and Frontier are the airlines with direct flights from Detroit to Raleigh Durham.

Does Southwest fly from Detroit to Raleigh Durham?

Southwest does not fly from Detroit (DTW) to Raleigh Durham (RDU). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Detroit 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 13 minutes
In the Air 73 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Raleigh Durham 10 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Detroit to Raleigh Durham, Frontier is 75% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 75% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 88% 11% 1%
Frontier 75% 22% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Detroit and Raleigh Durham, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Delta 13 73 5 93
Frontier 15 73 8 98

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
9am 0.21
7am 0.73
10pm 0.17
10am 0.77
7pm 0.02
3pm 0.23
12pm 0.02
9pm 0.83
8pm 0.01
6pm 0.02
5pm 0.04
8am 0.01
4pm 0.02
2pm 0.88

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Detroit to Raleigh Durham that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 118
February 105
March 119
April 115
May 127
June 136
July 137
August 140
September 124
October 129
November 113
December 101

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Detroit to Raleigh Durham that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 4.21
Tuesday 3.92
Wednesday 4.19
Thursday 4.1
Friday 4.23
Saturday 3.48
Sunday 4.02

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Delta 1
Frontier 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
9am 12 72 4 88
7am 16 72 5 94
10pm 13 71 5 93
10am 13 74 4 93
7pm 15 73 7 97
3pm 14 73 5 94
12pm 14 72 11 95
9pm 15 71 6 93
8pm 19 70 6 97
6pm 14 74 7 95
5pm 14 74 7 99
8am 21 76 8 109
4pm 17 72 6 95
2pm 12 74 4 92
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.