Great-circle route IAH → DTW. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Houston to Detroit is approximately 2h 42m nonstop. The distance is 1,076 miles (1,732 km). There are about 8 nonstop flights from Houston to Detroit per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAH → DTW George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport |
2h 42m | 1,076 mi | 53/wk | Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
3 airlines fly nonstop from Houston to Detroit, including Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A319, Embraer 175, Airbus A320, Boeing 737 and 1 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Houston to Detroit is 1,076 miles, or 1,732 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,076 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,732 km |
| Nautical miles | 935 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 53 departures a week. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 42m in the air on the IAH–DTW nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,076-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
1,076 miles (1,732 km) great-circle between George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A319, Embraer 175, Airbus A320, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
