The flight time from Newark to Detroit is 1 hour, 49 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves EWR Newark, NJ 3 minutes early.
19 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 21 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DTW Detroit, MI 11 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
90%
Delta
86%
United
81%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Newark to Detroit is 1 hour, 49 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 21 minutes.

The flight distance from Newark to Detroit is 488 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Detroit to Newark
1 hour, 37 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Delta
1h 45m
Spirit
1h 47m
United
1h 54m
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)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

66

Distance

488 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
32
United
32
Spirit
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Newark from Detroit by plane?

The distance from Newark to Detroit by plane is 488 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Newark to Detroit?

The flight time from Newark to Detroit is 1 hour, 49 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 21 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Delta being the fastest taking 1 hour, 45 minutes, and United the slowest taking 1 hour, 54 minutes.

What airlines fly from Newark to Detroit?

Delta, United, and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Newark to Detroit.

Does Southwest fly from Newark to Detroit?

Southwest does not fly from Newark (EWR) 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 Newark 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 81 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Detroit 11 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 Newark to Detroit, Spirit is 90% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 90% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 90% 8% 2%
Delta 86% 13% 1%
United 81% 14% 5%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Newark 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 16 80 7 105
Spirit 17 80 9 107
United 22 81 8 114

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
10pm 0.07
6pm 0.07
2pm 0.23
1pm 1.16
9pm 0.77
8am 0.76
5am 0.09
3pm 0.44
7pm 0.4
12pm 0.36
5pm 1.18
11am 0.36
9am 0.88
4pm 0.35
10am 0.26
7am 0.13
6am 0.9
8pm 0.87

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Newark 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 268
February 267
March 301
April 290
May 313
June 307
July 282
August 276
September 339
October 323
November 277
December 235

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Newark 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 9.85
Tuesday 9.79
Wednesday 9.88
Thursday 9.83
Friday 9.96
Saturday 7.75
Sunday 9.83

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
United 1
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)
10pm 18 74 7 101
6pm 20 77 9 109
2pm 19 83 9 115
1pm 16 80 7 106
9pm 21 80 8 111
8am 26 81 8 116
5am 13 88 6 110
3pm 21 82 8 113
7pm 26 82 9 118
12pm 14 81 7 104
5pm 17 81 7 107
11am 19 82 8 109
9am 18 80 6 106
4pm 23 82 8 115
10am 21 82 8 113
7am 24 80 8 113
6am 15 80 7 104
8pm 20 80 8 109
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.