Great-circle route DFW ↔ DTW. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample. The two directions are not identical — that is normal on scheduled routes.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFW → DTW Dallas to Detroit |
71/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines |
| DTW → DFW Detroit to Dallas |
73/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,007,364 passengers on 7,639 flights between DFW and DTW — about 2,761 a day — filling 79% of the 1,276,990 seats flown. American Airlines Inc. carried the most passengers (46%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
3 airlines fly the DFW–DTW nonstop, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A319, Airbus A320 NEO, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is 986 miles, or 1,587 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 986 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,587 km |
| Nautical miles | 857 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 144 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 32m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 986-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.
About 71 a week from Dallas to Detroit and 73 a week from Detroit to Dallas, from our most recent schedule sample.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,007,364 passengers on 7,639 scheduled flights between DFW and DTW — about 2,761 a day — filling 79% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A319, Airbus A320 NEO, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
