The flight time from Miami to Detroit is 3 hours, 1 minute. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves MIA Miami, FL 1 minute early.
19 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 31 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DTW Detroit, MI 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
79%
Spirit
78%
American
72%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Miami to Detroit is 3 hours, 1 minute. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 31 minutes.

The flight distance from Miami to Detroit is 1145 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Detroit to Miami
3 hours

Flight Time By Airline ?

Delta
2h 59m
Spirit
3h 1m
American
3h 3m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

32

Distance

1145 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun012345

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
16
American
9
Spirit
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Miami from Detroit by plane?

The distance from Miami to Detroit by plane is 1145 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Miami to Detroit?

The flight time from Miami to Detroit is 3 hours, 1 minute. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 31 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Delta being the fastest taking 2 hours, 59 minutes, and American the slowest taking 3 hours, 3 minutes.

What airlines fly from Miami to Detroit?

American, Spirit, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Miami to Detroit.

Does Southwest fly from Miami to Detroit?

Southwest does not fly from Miami (MIA) to Detroit (DTW). 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 Miami 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 151 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Detroit 3 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 Miami to Detroit, Spirit is 78% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 78% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 79% 20% 1%
Spirit 78% 19% 3%
American 72% 26% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Miami and Detroit, 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 19 151 8 179
Spirit 19 152 9 181
American 19 152 9 183

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
6pm 0.04
2pm 0.5
7pm 0
10pm 0.08
1pm 0.16
4pm 0.1
11am 0.09
12pm 0.82
8am 0.97
8pm 0.02
3pm 0.01
9pm 1.41
7am 0.02
5pm 0.31

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Miami to Detroit 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 170
February 173
March 190
April 150
May 121
June 112
July 113
August 123
September 120
October 117
November 142
December 157

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Miami to Detroit 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 4.65
Tuesday 4.23
Wednesday 4.17
Thursday 4.85
Friday 4.9
Saturday 4.81
Sunday 4.85

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 0
American 0
Spirit 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)
6pm 20 156 11 189
2pm 17 156 9 186
7pm 15 149 10 174
10pm 18 152 9 179
1pm 19 152 8 184
4pm 19 152 7 180
11am 23 158 10 192
12pm 20 150 8 180
8am 17 150 8 176
8pm 25 154 10 190
3pm 19 155 10 181
9pm 19 151 9 181
7am 12 165 9 186
5pm 22 155 8 187
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.