Detroit to Raleigh flight

Flights from Detroit to Raleigh start at €69.76 and take 4h 39m at their fastest.

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Downtown Raleigh Skyline viewed from Boylan Ave

The Flights from Detroit to Raleigh starts at €69.76 and takes 4h 39m door to door, run by 2 operators over 847 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 39mDoor to door
  • 1h 29mMoving
  • €85.10 to €173.60From
  • 06:22 to 17:29First and last departure
  • 7Per day
  • 208.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€85.10 to €173.60 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €173.01Fri18
  2. about €173.60Sat19
  3. about €129.35Sun20
  4. about €111.06Mon21
  5. about €119.32Tue22
  6. about €121.68Wed23
  7. about €114.01Thu24
  8. about €108.70Fri25
  9. about €116.37Sat26
  10. about €110.47Sun27
  11. about €87.46Mon28
  12. about €85.10Tue29
  13. about €95.72Wed30
  14. about €91.59Thu1

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Fastest€86.87
  1. Frontier Airlines FA173811:561h 29m13:25Detroit DTWRaleigh RDU

Door to door 4h 39mCO2 208.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Delta Air Lines€69.76
Frontier Airlines€70.94
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Frontier Airlines

The flight gets you into Raleigh. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Raleigh for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Raleigh Union Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Detroit to Raleigh

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €42.5390 days
  2. €34.8360 days
  3. €33.1845 days
  4. €37.5830 days
  5. €48.0321 days
  6. €45.2814 days
  7. €72.237 days
  8. €60.683 days
  9. €86.531 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €33.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 161 percent. The dearest point is €86.53, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €49.68Sun
  2. €46.38Mon
  3. €46.38Tue
  4. €51.33Wed
  5. €48.03Thu
  6. €63.98Fri
  7. €54.08Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Detroit

Air
  • DTW

Raleigh

Air
  • RDU
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 847 km against 822 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Cleveland, Greensboro, Akron, Pittsburgh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Detroit at 06:22 and the last at 17:29, across 7 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Flights against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 39m1h 29m3h 10m€69.76208.4 kg7
Coach12h 23m11h 39m44m€33.7322.2 kg6

Questions about Detroit to Raleigh

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Detroit to Raleigh take?

The Flight from Detroit to Raleigh takes 4h 39m door to door, of which 1h 29m is spent moving. The route runs 847 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Detroit to Raleigh cost?

The Flight from Detroit to Raleigh starts at €69.76 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €86.28. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Detroit to Raleigh?

2 operators run the Flight from Detroit to Raleigh: Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines. Between them they file around 7 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Detroit to Raleigh use?

The Flight from Detroit to Raleigh leaves from Detroit DTW and arrives at Raleigh RDU. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Flight the best way from Detroit to Raleigh?

Travelling from Detroit to Raleigh by Coach costs €33.73 and takes 12h 23m door to door, against 4h 39m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Flight from Detroit to Raleigh?

Fares for the Flight from Detroit to Raleigh bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €33.18. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Detroit to Raleigh produce?

The Flight from Detroit to Raleigh produces about 208.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 847 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Detroit to Raleigh on 17 September 2026: 847 km of route against 822 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €69.76, and 4h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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