Looking down Cumberland Avenue towards downtown Knoxville from the pedestrian overpass to the University of Tennessee.

Detroit to Knoxville

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Detroit to Knoxville. From €31.53, fastest 4h 31m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Detroit to Knoxville runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:20 and the last around 17:26. One passenger pays between €31.53 and €66.81, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 31m over 721 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

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

Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026

€31.53 to €66.81

  • 269%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.

  • 06:20First departure
  • 17:26Last departure
  • 6Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

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

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Detroit to Knoxville 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 €92.03Sat19
  2. about €65.08Sun20
  3. about €51.33Mon21
  4. about €46.93Tue22
  5. about €54.08Wed23
  6. about €71.13Thu24
  7. about €54.63Fri25
  8. about €49.13Sat26
  9. about €45.83Sun27
  10. about €40.33Mon28
  11. about €39.23Tue29
  12. about €44.18Wed30
  13. about €46.93Thu1
  14. about €43.08Fri2
  15. about €39.23Sat3
  16. about €38.68Sun4
  17. about €34.28Mon5
  18. about €36.48Tue6
  19. about €31.53Wed7
  20. about €40.88Thu8
  21. about €36.48Fri9

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 Knoxville. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Knoxville for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from L&N 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 Knoxville

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

  1. €40.3390 days
  2. €24.9360 days
  3. €27.1345 days
  4. €32.0830 days
  5. €36.4821 days
  6. €43.0814 days
  7. €54.637 days
  8. €51.333 days
  9. €92.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 269 percent. The most expensive point is €92.03, 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.
€92.03€24.93137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Detroit to Knoxville 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

721 km

712 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

645,705190,740

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

How we know

0/4

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

The route

DetroitDetroitKnoxvilleKnoxville
The journey

What the journey looks like

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

Direct or connecting
56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 721 km against 712 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Dayton, Meads, Columbus, Toledo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.

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

Baggage storage near L&N Station

Most of the points near L&N Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Detroit to Knoxville

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 it take to get from Detroit to Knoxville?

The fastest journey from Detroit to Knoxville takes 4h 31m door to door, of which 1h 27m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 15m, 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 Knoxville?

The cheapest fare from Detroit to Knoxville is €31.53, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €65.08. 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 Knoxville?

The cheapest way from Detroit to Knoxville is by coach, at €31.53 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 10h 22m 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 Knoxville?

The fastest way from Detroit to Knoxville is by flight, at 4h 37m door to door. Only 1h 27m 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 €66.81.

When should I book Detroit to Knoxville?

Fares from Detroit to Knoxville bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €24.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 269 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Detroit to Knoxville, at €39.23. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 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 Knoxville?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Detroit to Knoxville, at €26.03 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 service from Detroit to Knoxville?

No operator record names Detroit to Knoxville directly. Endeavor Air, Rochester Institute of Technology publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Detroit to Knoxville?

56 percent of the services we sell from Detroit to Knoxville are direct. The rest connect at Dayton, Meads, Columbus, Toledo, with about 62 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

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

Traveling from Detroit to Knoxville by coach produces about 19.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 180.6 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.

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

Services from Detroit to Knoxville by flight leave from Detroit DTW and arrive at Knoxville TYS. 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 Knoxville?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Detroit to Knoxville 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.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Detroit to Knoxville on September 18, 2026: 721 km of route against 712 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €31.53, and 4h 31m 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 Knoxville is somebody else's catalog.

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Day trips out of Knoxville and across United States

Day trips that leave Knoxville in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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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. Knoxville reaches 47 places in 1 countries, from 228 to 2,794 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Detroit

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  • 18Countries
  • 30Operators

Arriving in Knoxville

Leaving Knoxville

  • 47Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 17Operators

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