ATL to DTW: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Atlanta to Detroit?

The great-circle distance between Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) is 958 km (595 mi, 517 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from ATL to DTW?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 40m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. DTW is roughly north of ATL.

How is the ATL to DTW route written in code?

The pair is written ATL-DTW in IATA codes and KATL-KDTW in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport is ATL (KATL), Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is DTW (KDTW).

Both ICAO codes start with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

DTW sits 381 ft (116 m) lower than ATL, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying ATL to DTW

2 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 2 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 6 carriers sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: AF, AM, AZ, KL, VS, WN.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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