Detroit to Raleigh runs about 7 times a day, with the first departure around 06:22 and the last around 17:29. One passenger pays between €33.73 and €87.46, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 39m over 837 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€33.73 to €87.46
- 152%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.
- 06:22First departure
- 17:29Last departure
- 7Services per day
- 86%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 Raleigh 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
- about €84.88Tue15
- about €66.73Wed16
- about €83.23Thu17
- about €71.13Fri18
- about €67.83Sat19
- about €60.68Sun20
- about €54.63Mon21
- about €45.83Tue22
- about €46.38Wed23
- about €72.23Thu24
- about €63.98Fri25
- about €54.08Sat26
- about €49.68Sun27
- about €46.38Mon28
- about €39.23Tue29
- about €43.63Wed30
- about €45.28Thu1
- about €46.38Fri2
- about €41.98Sat3
- about €41.43Sun4
- about €33.73Mon5
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 Raleigh. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Raleigh for the night the flight gets in
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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.
- €52.4390 days
- €38.1360 days
- €38.6845 days
- €37.5830 days
- €33.7321 days
- €46.3814 days
- €54.637 days
- €83.233 days
- €84.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €33.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 152 percent. The most expensive point is €84.88, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Detroit to Raleigh 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
837 km
822 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
645,705 → 482,295
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
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
- 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 837 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Raleigh Union Station
Most of the points near Raleigh Union Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Detroit to Raleigh
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 Raleigh?
The fastest journey from Detroit to Raleigh takes 4h 39m door to door, of which 1h 29m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 43m, 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 Raleigh?
The cheapest fare from Detroit to Raleigh is €33.73, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €91.81. 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 Raleigh?
The cheapest way from Detroit to Raleigh is by coach, at €45.83 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 12h 23m 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 Raleigh?
The fastest way from Detroit to Raleigh is by flight, at 4h 39m door to door. Only 1h 29m 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 €87.46.
When should I book Detroit to Raleigh?
Fares from Detroit to Raleigh bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €33.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 152 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Detroit to Raleigh?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Detroit to Raleigh, at €45.83. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 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 Raleigh?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Detroit to Raleigh, at €29.33 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 Raleigh?
3 operators sell services from Detroit to Raleigh across 2 modes: Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Rochester Institute of Technology. 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 Raleigh?
71 percent of the services we sell from Detroit to Raleigh are direct. The rest connect at Cleveland, Greensboro, Akron, Pittsburgh, with about 61 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 Raleigh produce?
Traveling from Detroit to Raleigh by coach produces about 22.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 208.4 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Detroit to Raleigh use?
Services from Detroit to Raleigh by flight leave from Detroit DTW and arrive at Raleigh RDU. 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 Raleigh?
1 of the 3 operators we sell from Detroit to Raleigh 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 Raleigh on September 14, 2026: 837 km of route against 822 km in a straight line, 14 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €33.73, and 4h 39m 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 Raleigh is somebody else's catalog.
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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. Raleigh reaches 82 places in 6 countries, from 41 to 6,495 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Detroit
- 140Places you can leave for
- 18Countries
- 30Operators
Arriving in Raleigh
Leaving Raleigh
- 82Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 22Operators