Detroit to Traverse City flight

Flights from Detroit to Traverse City start at €35.54 and take 4h 2m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Detroit to Traverse City starts at €35.54 and takes 4h 2m door to door, run by 2 operators over 351 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 2mDoor to door
  • 52mMoving
  • €35.54 to €80.38From
  • 06:11 to 18:50First and last departure
  • 8Per day
  • 86.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€35.54 to €80.38 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 €63.86Wed16
  2. about €80.38Thu17
  3. about €60.32Fri18
  4. about €61.50Sat19
  5. about €55.60Sun20
  6. about €52.06Mon21
  7. about €41.44Tue22
  8. about €43.21Wed23
  9. about €59.14Thu24
  10. about €49.11Fri25
  11. about €51.47Sat26
  12. about €50.88Sun27
  13. about €45.57Mon28
  14. about €35.54Tue29

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 October 6, 2026

Cheapest€34.36
  1. Endeavor Air EA937010:2455m11:19Detroit DTWTraverse City TVC

Door to door 4h 5mCO2 86.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€39.67
  1. Endeavor Air EA588706:1152m07:03Detroit DTWTraverse City TVC

Door to door 4h 2mCO2 86.3 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
Endeavor Air€34.36
SkyWest€35.54
  • Endeavor Air
  • SkyWest

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

A hotel room

A room in Traverse City for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Detroit to Traverse City

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

  1. €36.7290 days
  2. €34.9560 days
  3. €39.0845 days
  4. €39.6730 days
  5. €34.3621 days
  6. €35.5414 days
  7. €41.447 days
  8. €60.323 days
  9. €63.861 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €34.36.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 86 percent. The most expensive point is €63.86, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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. €50.88Sun
  2. €45.57Mon
  3. €35.54Tue
  4. €43.21Wed
  5. €59.14Thu
  6. €49.11Fri
  7. €51.47Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Detroit

Air
  • DTW

Traverse City

Air
  • TVC
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
89% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 11% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 351 km against 341 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Chicago. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 06:11 and the last at 18:50, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Detroit to Traverse City

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Traverse City take?

The Flight from Detroit to Traverse City takes 4h 2m door to door, of which 52m is spent moving. The route runs 351 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 Traverse City cost?

The Flight from Detroit to Traverse City starts at €35.54 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €40.26. 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 Traverse City?

2 operators run the Flight from Detroit to Traverse City: Endeavor Air, SkyWest. Between them they file around 8 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 Traverse City use?

The Flight from Detroit to Traverse City leaves from Detroit DTW and arrives at Traverse City TVC. 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.

When should I book the Flight from Detroit to Traverse City?

Fares for the Flight from Detroit to Traverse City bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €34.36. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 86 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Detroit to Traverse City produce?

The Flight from Detroit to Traverse City produces about 86.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 351 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, 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.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Detroit to Traverse City on September 15, 2026: 351 km of route against 341 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €35.54, and 4h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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