Detroit to Traverse City runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 06:11 and the last around 18:50. One passenger pays between €34.36 and €40.85, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 1m over 351 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€34.36 to €40.85
- 112%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.
- 06:11First departure
- 18:50Last departure
- 8Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €72.71Wed16
- about €80.38Thu17
- about €72.12Fri18
- about €61.50Sat19
- about €55.60Sun20
- about €52.06Mon21
- about €49.70Tue22
- about €43.21Wed23
- about €59.14Thu24
- about €49.11Fri25
- about €51.47Sat26
- about €50.88Sun27
- about €45.57Mon28
- about €40.85Tue29
- about €41.44Wed30
- about €42.03Thu1
- about €39.08Fri2
- about €40.26Sat3
- about €37.90Sun4
- about €34.95Mon5
- about €34.36Tue6
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 Traverse City. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Traverse City for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from LaFranier Transfer Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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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.
- €36.7290 days
- €34.9560 days
- €39.0845 days
- €39.6730 days
- €34.3621 days
- €40.8514 days
- €49.707 days
- €72.123 days
- €72.711 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 112 percent. The most expensive point is €72.71, 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 Traverse City 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
351 km
341 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
645,705 → 15,218
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
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
- 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.
Who runs this route
Traverse City is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near LaFranier Transfer Station
Most of the points near LaFranier Transfer Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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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 it take to get from Detroit to Traverse City?
The fastest journey from Detroit to Traverse City takes 4h 1m door to door, of which 52m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 4m, 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 Traverse City?
The cheapest fare from Detroit to Traverse City is €34.36, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €53.83. 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 Traverse City?
The cheapest way from Detroit to Traverse City is by flight, at €40.85 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 2m 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.
When should I book Detroit to Traverse City?
Fares from Detroit to Traverse City bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €34.36. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 112 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Detroit to Traverse City?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Detroit to Traverse City, at €40.85. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 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 Traverse City?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Detroit to Traverse City, at €31.41 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 Traverse City?
2 operators sell services from Detroit to Traverse City across 1 mode: Endeavor Air, 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 Traverse City?
89 percent of the services we sell from Detroit to Traverse City are direct. The rest connect at Chicago, with about 55 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Detroit to Traverse City use?
Services from Detroit to Traverse City by flight leave from Detroit DTW and arrive at Traverse City TVC. 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 Traverse City?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Detroit to Traverse City 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 Traverse City on September 15, 2026: 351 km of route against 341 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €34.36, 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 Traverse City is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Traverse City and across United States
Day trips that leave Traverse City 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. Traverse City reaches 11 places in 1 countries, from 341 to 2,573 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Detroit
- 140Places you can leave for
- 18Countries
- 30Operators
Arriving in Traverse City
Leaving Traverse City
- 11Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 9Operators