Great-circle route DTW ↔ LGA. 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.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTW → LGA Detroit to New York |
59/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines |
| LGA → DTW New York to Detroit |
— | — | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines |
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 993,640 passengers on 7,718 flights between DTW and LGA — about 2,724 a day — filling 82% of the 1,214,413 seats flown. Delta Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (60%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
2 airlines fly the DTW–LGA nonstop, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A321, Embraer 175, Boeing 737-900.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport and La Guardia Airport is 500 miles, or 805 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 500 mi |
| Kilometres | 805 km |
| Nautical miles | 434 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 2 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 59 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 37m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 500-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.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines.
In 2025, airlines reported 993,640 passengers on 7,718 scheduled flights between DTW and LGA — about 2,724 a day — filling 82% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A321, Embraer 175, Boeing 737-900. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
