The flight time from St. Louis to Detroit is 1 hour, 24 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves STL St. Louis, MO 5 minutes early.
11 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 5 minutes in the air
8 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DTW Detroit, MI 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
90%
Southwest
83%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from St. Louis to Detroit is 1 hour, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 5 minutes.

The flight distance from St. Louis to Detroit is 440 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Detroit to St. Louis
1 hour, 30 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 22m
Delta
1h 24m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 15m 30m 45m1h1h 15m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

38

Distance

440 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
26
Southwest
12

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is St. Louis from Detroit by plane?

The distance from St. Louis to Detroit by plane is 440 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from St. Louis to Detroit?

The flight time from St. Louis to Detroit is 1 hour, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 5 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 22 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 1 hour, 24 minutes.

What airlines fly from St. Louis to Detroit?

Southwest and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from St. Louis to Detroit.

Does Southwest fly from St. Louis to Detroit?

Yes! Southwest does fly from St. Louis (STL) to Detroit (DTW). On average, they have 12 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

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 St. Louis 5 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 11 minutes
In the Air 65 minutes
Taxiing In 8 minutes
Arrives Detroit 8 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 St. Louis to Detroit, Southwest is 83% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 83% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 90% 9% 1%
Southwest 83% 16% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between St. Louis 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)
Southwest 11 65 7 82
Delta 11 65 8 84

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
4pm 0.24
9am 0.04
11am 0.1
10am 0.9
12pm 0.01
8am 0.82
5pm 0.66
3pm 0.11
8pm 0.02
6am 0.99
7pm 0.18
2pm 0.73
6pm 0.62

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from St. Louis 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 166
February 150
March 170
April 163
May 173
June 168
July 165
August 176
September 166
October 175
November 163
December 158

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from St. Louis 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 5.85
Tuesday 5.83
Wednesday 5.83
Thursday 5.81
Friday 5.83
Saturday 3.92
Sunday 5.27

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
Southwest 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)
4pm 10 65 7 82
9am 11 65 7 84
11am 10 64 7 83
10am 10 65 8 82
12pm 10 66 8 84
8am 11 65 7 83
5pm 11 64 8 83
3pm 11 65 7 82
8pm 12 64 7 85
6am 11 65 8 86
7pm 11 65 7 83
2pm 11 65 8 84
6pm 10 65 9 85
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.