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Fort Lauderdale to Detroit

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit. From €141.74, fastest 5h 56m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Fort Lauderdale to Detroit runs about 15 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 18:31. One passenger pays between €141.74 and €165.93, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 56m over 1,876 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€141.74 to €165.93

  • 129%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Fort Lauderdale

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.

  • 06:25First departure
  • 18:31Last departure
  • 15Services per day
  • 80%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €272.04Mon21
  2. about €280.98Tue22
  3. about €234.37Wed23
  4. about €298.44Thu24
  5. about €273.90Fri25
  6. about €275.08Sat26
  7. about €203.69Sun27
  8. about €197.24Mon28
  9. about €177.73Tue29
  10. about €195.43Wed30
  11. about €216.08Thu1
  12. about €204.87Fri2
  13. about €210.44Sat3
  14. about €165.34Sun4
  15. about €144.10Mon5
  16. about €141.74Tue6
  17. about €149.41Wed7
  18. about €174.69Thu8
  19. about €175.37Fri9
  20. about €176.55Sat10
  21. about €164.16Sun11

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

A hotel room

A room in Detroit for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Detroit and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Fort Lauderdale to Detroit

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

  1. €181.2790 days
  2. €163.5760 days
  3. €118.7345 days
  4. €119.6830 days
  5. €164.1621 days
  6. €165.3414 days
  7. €203.697 days
  8. €234.373 days
  9. €272.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €118.73.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 129 percent. The most expensive point is €272.04, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€272.04€118.73137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Fort Lauderdale to Detroit 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

1,876 km

1,822 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

183,146645,705

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

How we know

0/2

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

The route

Fort LauderdaleFort LauderdaleDetroitDetroit
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
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 1,876 km against 1,822 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 West Palm Beach, Columbus, Greer, Charlotte. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Detroit

Most of the points near Detroit open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Fort Lauderdale 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 it take to get from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit?

The fastest journey from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit takes 5h 56m door to door, of which 2h 49m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 7m, 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 Fort Lauderdale to Detroit?

The cheapest fare from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit is €141.74, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €236.14. 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 Fort Lauderdale to Detroit?

The cheapest way from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit is by flight, at €141.74 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 5h 59m 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 Fort Lauderdale to Detroit?

Fares from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €118.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 129 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Fort Lauderdale to Detroit?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit, at €165.34. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Fort Lauderdale to Detroit?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit, at €124.04 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 Fort Lauderdale to Detroit?

No operator record names Fort Lauderdale to Detroit directly. Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways 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 Fort Lauderdale to Detroit?

75 percent of the services we sell from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit are direct. The rest connect at West Palm Beach, Columbus, Greer, Charlotte, with about 50 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 Fort Lauderdale to Detroit use?

Services from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit by flight leave from Fort Lauderdale FLL and arrive at Detroit DTW. 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 Fort Lauderdale to Detroit?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit 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 Fort Lauderdale to Detroit on September 20, 2026: 1876 km of route against 1822 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €141.74, and 5h 56m 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 Detroit is somebody else's catalog.

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The two ends, compared

Fort Lauderdale reaches 101 places in 21 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 7,977 km. Detroit reaches 140 places in 18 countries, from 57 to 11,461 km.

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Leaving Fort Lauderdale

  • 101Places you can leave for
  • 21Countries
  • 27Operators

Arriving in Detroit

Leaving Detroit

  • 140Places you can leave for
  • 18Countries
  • 30Operators

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