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Detroit to Pittsburgh

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Detroit to Pittsburgh. From €16.13, fastest 4h 1m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Detroit to Pittsburgh runs about 24 times a day, with the first departure around 06:02 and the last around 20:01. One passenger pays between €16.13 and €39.67, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 1m over 338 km, on services run by 5 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€16.13 to €39.67

  • 139%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Detroit

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:02First departure
  • 20:01Last departure
  • 24Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Rochester Institute of Technology runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Detroit to Pittsburgh on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €32.63Tue15
  2. about €29.33Wed16
  3. about €35.93Thu17
  4. about €27.13Fri18
  5. about €28.23Sat19
  6. about €27.68Sun20
  7. about €23.28Mon21
  8. about €20.53Tue22
  9. about €19.98Wed23
  10. about €24.93Thu24
  11. about €22.73Fri25
  12. about €23.28Sat26
  13. about €21.63Sun27
  14. about €22.18Mon28
  15. about €16.13Tue29
  16. about €17.78Wed30
  17. about €19.98Thu1
  18. about €18.33Fri2
  19. about €19.43Sat3
  20. about €17.78Sun4
  21. about €16.13Mon5

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.

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

A hotel room

A room in Pittsburgh for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal 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 Pittsburgh

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

  1. €18.3390 days
  2. €16.1360 days
  3. €17.7845 days
  4. €15.0330 days
  5. €16.1321 days
  6. €22.1814 days
  7. €23.287 days
  8. €35.933 days
  9. €32.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 139 percent. The dearest point is €35.93, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€35.93€15.031371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Detroit to Pittsburgh and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

338 km

330 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

645,705304,391

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

2/4

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

DetroitDetroitPittsburghPittsburgh
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 338 km against 330 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal

Most of the points near Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Detroit to Pittsburgh

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 it take to get from Detroit to Pittsburgh?

The fastest journey from Detroit to Pittsburgh takes 4h 1m door to door, of which 51m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 23m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Detroit to Pittsburgh?

The cheapest fare from Detroit to Pittsburgh is €16.13, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €47.93. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Detroit to Pittsburgh?

The cheapest way from Detroit to Pittsburgh is by coach, at €19.98 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 5h 9m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

What is the fastest way to get from Detroit to Pittsburgh?

The fastest way from Detroit to Pittsburgh is by flight, at 4h 1m door to door. Only 51m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €39.67.

When should I book Detroit to Pittsburgh?

Fares from Detroit to Pittsburgh bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €15.03. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 139 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Detroit to Pittsburgh?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Detroit to Pittsburgh, at €19.98. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Detroit to Pittsburgh?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Detroit to Pittsburgh, at €15.03 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Detroit to Pittsburgh?

5 operators sell services from Detroit to Pittsburgh across 2 modes: Endeavor Air, GoJet Airlines, Republic Airways, Rochester Institute of Technology, SkyWest. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Detroit to Pittsburgh?

Every service we sell from Detroit to Pittsburgh is direct, with around 32 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 1m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

How much CO2 does the journey from Detroit to Pittsburgh produce?

Travelling from Detroit to Pittsburgh by coach produces about 8.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 83.6 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Detroit to Pittsburgh use?

Services from Detroit to Pittsburgh by flight leave from Detroit DTW and arrive at Pittsburgh PIT. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Detroit to Pittsburgh?

1 of the 5 operators we sell from Detroit to Pittsburgh allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Detroit to Pittsburgh on 14 September 2026: 338 km of route against 330 km in a straight line, 32 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €16.13, and 4h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Pittsburgh is somebody else's catalogue.

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The two ends, compared

Detroit reaches 140 places in 18 countries on services we hold, over distances from 57 to 11,461 km. Pittsburgh reaches 96 places in 8 countries, from 136 to 11,155 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Detroit

  • 140Places you can leave for
  • 18Countries
  • 30Operators

Arriving in Pittsburgh

Leaving Pittsburgh

  • 96Places you can leave for
  • 8Countries
  • 27Operators

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