Philadelphia to Detroit Flights (PHL-DTW)

🇺🇸 PHL

Philadelphia

453 mi

DTW 🇺🇸

Detroit

Philadelphia International Airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport 12 airlines

The Philadelphia to Detroit route connects Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) in US with Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) in US. This short-haul flight covers approximately 453 miles (729 km) with a typical flight time of 1h 21m. This route is served by 12 airlines: Delta Air Lines, PSA Airlines, Spirit and others. AirportRoutes has tracked 17 unique flight numbers on this route.

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Departure Airport

Philadelphia International Airport

ICAO Code:: KPHL
IATA Code:: PHL
City:: 🇺🇸 Philadelphia
Country:: US
Elevation:: 36 ft

Destination Airport

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

ICAO Code:: KDTW
IATA Code:: DTW
City:: 🇺🇸 Detroit
Country:: US
Elevation:: 645 ft

Operators

Tracked Flights

453

Miles

1h 21m

Flight Duration

Route Map

Great Circle

Map data © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap contributors

Operating Airlines

Airline	ICAO	IATA
Delta Air Lines	`DAL`	`DL`
PSA Airlines	`JIA`	`OH`
Spirit	`NKS`	`NK`
American Airlines	`AAL`	`AA`
Frontier	`FFT`	`F9`
United Parcel Service	`UPS`	`5X`
Republic	`RPA`	`YX`
Piedmont	`PDT`	`PT`
SkyWest	`SKW`	`OO`
Endeavor Air	`EDV`	`9E`
Executive Jet Management	`EJM`	`-`
NetJets Aviation	`EJA`	`1I`

Flight Schedule Pattern

Day	Flights Observed	Frequency
Monday	27	15%
Tuesday	16	9%
Wednesday	23	13%
Thursday	25	14%
Friday	25	14%
Saturday	32	18%
Sunday	34	19%

Pattern Analysis

17 Tracked Flights:

Data Points: 182
API observations used to build this analysis

Weekdays: 116 flights
Weekend: 66 flights

Business Route More active on weekdays

All Flight Routes

12 Routes

Note: This table shows aggregated route data by airline. Each airline may operate multiple daily flights at different times. See the "Spotted Departure Times" section below for all observed departure times.

Airline	Flight Numbers	Aircraft Type	Typical Time	Days Active	Last Seen	Status
American Airlines `AAL` / `AA`	-	A319	-	M T W T F S S	Jun 16, 2026	Active
Delta Air Lines `DAL` / `DL`		B712	06:12 6:12 AM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jun 16, 2026	Active
Endeavor Air `EDV` / `9E`	-	CRJ9	-	M T W T F S S	Jun 16, 2026	Active
Executive Jet Management `EJM`	-	CL30	-	M T W T F S S	Jun 16, 2026	Active
Frontier `FFT` / `F9`		A21N	06:30 6:30 AM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jun 16, 2026	Active
NetJets Aviation `EJA` / `1I`		C68A	14:30 2:30 PM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jun 16, 2026	Active
Piedmont `PDT` / `PT`		E145	08:20 8:20 AM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jun 16, 2026	Active
PSA Airlines `JIA` / `OH`		CRJ9	13:47 1:47 PM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jun 16, 2026	Active
Republic `RPA` / `YX`	-	E75L	-	M T W T F S S	Jun 16, 2026	Active
SkyWest `SKW` / `OO`		CRJ9	17:19 5:19 PM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jun 16, 2026	Active
Spirit `NKS` / `NK`	-	A320	16:12 4:12 PM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jun 16, 2026	Active
United Parcel Service `UPS` / `5X`	-	B752	-	M T W T F S S	Jun 16, 2026	Active

Total Routes: 12

Active Routes: 12

Unique Airlines: 12

Aircraft Types: 12

Spotted Departure Times

Departure Time	Operator	ICAO	IATA
06:12 6:12 AM	Delta Air Lines	`DAL`	`DL`
06:30 6:30 AM	Frontier	`FFT`	`F9`
08:20 8:20 AM	Piedmont	`PDT`	`PT`
13:47 1:47 PM	PSA Airlines	`JIA`	`OH`
14:30 2:30 PM	NetJets Aviation	`EJA`	`1I`
16:12 4:12 PM	Spirit	`NKS`	`NK`
17:19 5:19 PM	SkyWest	`SKW`	`OO`

Time Information

Times are shown in the departure airport's local timezone (KPHL - America/New_York).

Total Departure Times: 7

Time Range:
06:12 - 17:19

These are typical departure times observed from actual flights. Times may vary by season and schedule changes.

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