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Lexington to Detroit

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Lexington to Detroit. From €46.75, fastest 4h 14m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Lexington to Detroit runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:33 and the last around 14:24. One passenger pays between €46.75 and €57.96, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 14m over 513 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 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 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€46.75 to €57.96

  • 181%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Lexington

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.

  • 06:33First departure
  • 14:24Last departure
  • 5Services 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 €92.77Tue15
  2. about €91.00Wed16
  3. about €119.91Thu17
  4. about €87.46Fri18
  5. about €85.69Sat19
  6. about €82.15Sun20
  7. about €73.30Mon21
  8. about €57.96Tue22
  9. about €61.50Wed23
  10. about €77.89Thu24
  11. about €67.99Fri25
  12. about €70.94Sat26
  13. about €69.76Sun27
  14. about €62.68Mon28
  15. about €48.52Tue29
  16. about €56.19Wed30
  17. about €59.73Thu1
  18. about €53.69Fri2
  19. about €60.91Sat3
  20. about €53.83Sun4
  21. about €46.75Mon5

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 Lexington to Detroit

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

  1. €56.7890 days
  2. €44.9860 days
  3. €50.2945 days
  4. €42.6930 days
  5. €46.7521 days
  6. €62.6814 days
  7. €73.307 days
  8. €119.913 days
  9. €92.771 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €42.69.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 181 percent. The most expensive point is €119.91, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€119.91€42.691371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Lexington 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

513 km

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

Who lives at each end

320,347645,705

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

LexingtonLexingtonDetroitDetroit
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
57% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 43% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 513 km against 498 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 Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 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.

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 Lexington 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 Lexington to Detroit?

The fastest journey from Lexington to Detroit takes 4h 14m door to door, of which 1h 5m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 16m, 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 Lexington to Detroit?

The cheapest fare from Lexington to Detroit is €46.75, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €75.66. 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 Lexington to Detroit?

The cheapest way from Lexington to Detroit is by flight, at €57.96 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 15m 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 Lexington to Detroit?

Fares from Lexington to Detroit bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €42.69. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 181 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 Lexington to Detroit?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Lexington to Detroit, at €57.96. 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 Lexington to Detroit?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Lexington to Detroit, at €40.26 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 Lexington to Detroit?

2 operators sell services from Lexington to Detroit 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 Lexington to Detroit?

57 percent of the services we sell from Lexington to Detroit are direct. The rest connect at Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago, with about 59 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 Lexington to Detroit use?

Services from Lexington to Detroit by flight leave from Lexington LEX 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 Lexington to Detroit?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Lexington 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.

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 Lexington to Detroit on September 14, 2026: 513 km of route against 498 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €46.75, and 4h 14m 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.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Detroit and across United States

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

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The two ends, compared

Lexington reaches 19 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 116 to 2,715 km. Detroit reaches 140 places in 18 countries, from 57 to 11,461 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Lexington

  • 19Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 12Operators

Arriving in Detroit

Leaving Detroit

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

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