Phoenix to Detroit flight

Flights from Phoenix to Detroit start at €270.95 and take 7h 5m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Phoenix to Detroit starts at €270.95 and takes 7h 5m door to door, run by 3 operators over 2,797 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 5mDoor to door
  • 3h 55mMoving
  • €270.95From
  • 688.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€216.08
  1. American Airlines AA324907:303h 54m11:24Phoenix PHXChicago ORD
  2. PARTA PA470512:405h 25m18:05Chicago Union StationGreyhound Detroit Station

Changes at Chicago, with 76 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 12h 32mCO2 601.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€224.93
  1. Delta Air Lines DA112906:083h 55m10:03Phoenix PHXDetroit DTW

Door to door 7h 5mCO2 688.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€229.06
  1. SkyWest SW712707:303h 20m10:50Phoenix PHXCedar Rapids CID
  2. PARTA PA846112:1311h 51m00:04Ground Transporation CenterGreyhound Detroit Station

Changes at Cedar Rapids, with 83 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 18h 31mCO2 535.4 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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€224.93
Frontier Airlines€217.85
American Airlines€233.78
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Frontier Airlines
  • American Airlines

The trip ends at Detroit. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Detroit for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Phoenix to Detroit

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

  1. €267.4190 days
  2. €174.1960 days
  3. €196.6145 days
  4. €211.9530 days
  5. €251.4821 days
  6. €338.2114 days
  7. €406.067 days
  8. €416.093 days
  9. €584.831 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €174.19.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 236 percent. The most expensive point is €584.83, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €327.00Sun
  2. €278.03Mon
  3. €270.95Tue
  4. €270.95Wed
  5. €349.42Thu
  6. €338.21Fri
  7. €362.40Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Phoenix

Air
  • PHX

Detroit

Air
  • DTW
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.

Direct or connecting
75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,797 km against 2,716 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, Kansas City, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Phoenix at 06:08 and the last at 18:47, across 16 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Phoenix to Detroit

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 Phoenix to Detroit take?

The Flight from Phoenix to Detroit takes 7h 5m door to door, of which 3h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 2,797 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 Phoenix to Detroit cost?

The Flight from Phoenix to Detroit starts at €270.95 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €280.10. 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 Phoenix to Detroit?

3 operators run the Flight from Phoenix to Detroit: Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, American Airlines. Between them they file around 16 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 Phoenix to Detroit use?

The Flight from Phoenix to Detroit leaves from Phoenix PHX and arrives at Detroit DTW. 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 Phoenix to Detroit?

Fares for the Flight from Phoenix to Detroit bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €174.19. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 236 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Flight from Phoenix to Detroit produces about 688.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2797 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

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

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Phoenix to Detroit on September 11, 2026: 2797 km of route against 2716 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €270.95, and 7h 5m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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