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$468 Find cheap flights from China to Detroit

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Flights to Detroit - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to Detroit to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Detroit?

The average price of all flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Detroit is Thursday where tickets can be as cheap as $1,452. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where prices are $2,305 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is October, where tickets cost $1,507 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, where the average cost of tickets from China is $3,577 and $2,590 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is October with an average price of $1,507.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

The average price for all flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is generally in the afternoon, when flights cost $1,565 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $2,172.

What is a good deal for flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, 25% of our users found tickets to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport for the following prices or less: From Shanghai Pu Dong Airport $971 one-way - $1,431 round-trip.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 days before departure.

Which airline offers the most flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

Of the 9 airlines that fly to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Delta offers the most flights, with around 3,012 per week, followed by American Airlines with 290 flights per week.

How long is the flight to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

The duration of your flight to Detroit depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Detroit on KAYAK are from Shanghai, which takes 14h 10m, Beijing, which takes 32h 41m, and Guangzhou, which takes 38h 43m.

How many direct flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport are there each day?

There are around 573 direct flights from within China to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 5:00 pm the most common departure time and 49% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport are there each week?

Each week there are around 4,005 direct flights from within China to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 18% of flights taking off on this day.

How many long-haul flights are there to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport each week?

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Instead, there are 7 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport.

How many cities have direct flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

From China, there are direct flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport from 1 city. This city is Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport and there are 7 direct flights each week.

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April

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FAQs - booking Detroit flights

  • How far is Detroit from central Detroit?

    Detroit is 17 miles from the center of Detroit.

  • What is the name of Detroit’s airport?

    When flying to Detroit, you'll arrive at Detroit (DTW). The airport is also known as Detroit Metro, Detroit Metropolitan, or Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County.

  • How much is a flight to Detroit?

    On average, a flight to Detroit costs $1,524. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $862 and departed from Shanghai Pu Dong Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Detroit?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Detroit.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Detroit?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Detroit is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Detroit?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Detroit with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Detroit?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Detroit up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Prefer to fly non-stop to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County?

Find which airlines fly direct to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Nonstop departures

China to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

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Nonstop returns

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County to China

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

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Top 5 airlines serving from China to Detroit

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Detroit. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from China to Detroit. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Detroit? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.5
Korean AirOverall score based on 1183 reviews
8.3Comfort
8.2Food
8.8Crew
8.6Boarding
8.2Entertainment
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Overall, very uneventful and pleasant experience. Most importantly, no delays.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, May 2024SGN - ICN
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Overall, very uneventful and pleasant experience. Most importantly, no delays.

Not very comfortable seated in the back plane due to turbulence

Everything about Korean air is great, hands down! Will always prefer this airline from other carriers.

I enjoyed flying on Korean Air. The service was great and the food was yummy. They served white fish.

Ford not that great the seat not to big for leg room like other airline

On time and flight crew are always so happy to help and always smiling unlike other airlines.

It was ok. Not good and not a bad experience

not too bad but not too great either. Service on all airlines declined ever since covid. Your Delta Stewardess are not that friendly at all. :-(

I like your stewardess, they are nice. However, your food could have been better and wheres your dessert? You do not offer beer or scotch. I do not drink alcohol biut my husband can have one or two, he has to ask if he can have one. during dinner or lunch, it should be offerred. Also, you do not have the most famous drinks ginger ale

Not accommodating ground staff On board slow service Crew members not very friendly

Great service but food taste and options have gone down a few notches.

This airlines is always my favorite. Very consistent customer service and food is good. My last flight with them, I had no idea we landed because it was just that smooth of a land.

At least it was not very cold inside the plane. I noticed there was now a bidet in the bathroom and that’s good! I didn’t like the window seat. Flight was smooth except for 1 turbulence. Plane was on time. Thanks. Food was not that great. Miso and green tea were good! As usual movies were old and there were no changes.

Great crew, Japanese domestic flight is just a drink service but crew are very attentive

First of all I had dozed off. And when I woke up, my food was on a tray without telling me the food was there or asking me if I wanted something to drink. They never came back to ask me if I wanted anything to drink and I tried to stop them several times. I personally have a problem swallowing food without something to drink with it. so therefore I could not eat., second thing for the entertainment. There was no place to plug the headset in because the tip had been broken off into the monitor to where you couldn’t even watch a movie or hear any music that was annoying .

I didn’t like the check in process I had to check in at the counter took too much time . Didn’t give the upgrade my seat .

l enjoyed the variety of good and drink choices. The flight attendants were very quick and efficient to our needs.

Need new movies, a lots of them are 20-10 years old or older. It us a very long flight we need good entertainment. Please load more new movies!

It was one of the best experiences. The staff were amazing. JAL is my second favorite Asian Carrier I have flown on. Korean Air was my first. Thank you JAL for bringing me home safely and for such an amazing staff and service.

JAL is quite nice in business class. Comfortable, spacious seats. Their entertainment, especially their film selection, isn’t that great though as their are not many new releases like some airlines offer their first and business class customers. . Food is excellent and the option to order on demand is always quite nice, which JAL offers. Flight attendants were very friendly and kind. Overall very good experience with JAL.

Worst flight in my life. Only was scheduled for a 45 min flight to get our connection flight. It was late by 40 minutes and we missed our connection. Delta was totally useless trying to help and unable to get my family on the next flight because they overbooked it Thus had to get a hotel at my expense and lost a day at Disney as a result. Cost me about a $1000 if you add 2 hotels meals shuttles etc to get thru the day Awful customer service by Delta in Detroit totally useless people

Delta did an awful job w logistics at DTW. Missed connection. We were there an hour early. SUCKED

Had to run to make it only to have the flight delayed to wait for all the late connectors Second drink service skipped up

Uncomfortable seats on 14 hour flight. Mediocre food. On time and great crew.

The landing was bad and the hostess came two times and i was sleeping but when she served the person that nexts to me I woke up and she didn’t even asked me if I need any drink or snacks two times!!!!

Crew were exceptional. Plane was quiet and quite empty, so I had a row to sleep across.

Gate crew helping to scan tickets was a little short tempered with customers. Flight crew was very friendly, welcoming , and provided excellent service on board.

Waited 3 hours on a plane to de-ice due to manpower issues. Waited another hour and a half once we landed because of a gate issue. Missed my connections. Created. A total of 13 hours of delay.

From boarding to the next 45 min to 1 hour, it felt like a sauna, felt like vents were working but no AC on.

Was a great smooth flight from Detroit to San Diego.

Even though we left CMI late, we mostly made up the time.

Delayed almost 4 hours for a 45 minute flight with no explanation.

Again, multiple delays and I eventually just canceled and drove!

Great crew. We were delayed so that late passengers could get on the flight. Love the bedding in business class. Good food. Great experience.

The CX617 from HK to BKK was delayed more than 1.5 hours.

Horrible - they lied to me about baggage & boarding, even though I specifically spoke to their agents the day before my flight about my issue. When I showed up they did not let me board and stranded me at my airport until I bought a new flight with money I did not have to spend.

All four American Airlines flights I took in last seven days were delayed. Caused me loads of problems, missed meetings, loss of time and money.

American cancelled our flight home. Zero option for hotel, alternative transportation and took 3 hours to find our bags so we could take a 3 hour UBER ride home on our dime. Never flying AA again.

They gave my seat away although it was a connecting flight with them and the flight was a bit delayed.

They ocer booked the connecting flight. My bags took a long time to come out, nevertheless I got to the gate in time to board, but they have given my seat to another passenger. They were aware I was connecting from another flight that was a little late, but they did not care. The customer representatives were rude. A horrible experience.

Touchscreens do not work. WiFi did not work. Food is possibly the worst on any European airline. Drinks came by only four times on a cross-Atlantic. The plane was two hours late because—it was announced—Lufthansa didn't have enough large aircraft in their fleet to accommodate an on-time flight.

It was freezing in the airplane. Everyone was wearing everything they had with them. The crew acknowledged it was cold, but did nothing about it

The flight attendants were superb and the service was outstanding. Some passengers with small children were very rude and inconsiderate, kids were constantly crying and some were running around the aisle unsupervised.

Terrible. There was a rattling noise the whole flight. The internet didn't work after I paid. Boarding is very disorganized.

Horrible flight attendant in back of economy that screamed at me, have already reported to United. Horrible food - for Gluten free, why would you assume the person is vegetarian? I was served some kind of horrible curry bean paste and multiple cold rolls and soggy vegetables with no seasoning... um no!

The crew member put her luggage and boxes behind my seat so I was able to recline while the passenger in front of me did for 8 hours. My knees were forced against the seat for hours :(. Dude sitting next to me hasn't showered in weeks so I almost threw up.

Sorry my last review for prg to fra was for this flight. My prg to fra flight was fine but my second flight back to Washington DC was with a slow awful crew who wouldn’t come in a timely manner to take trash and take trash before serving coffee tea and was shoving other people’s bottles of water on me when we were not traveling together

Lufthansa was amazing. Definitely upgrade your seat if you can swing it - they take very good care of their passengers. Customs in DC is nothing short of a nightmare though. Stood in line waiting to go back through security for 30 minutes, had to RUN through and across two terminals to make my connection and only had 5 minutes to spare. Terrible. Very very poor coordination by the airport staff and CBP.

I was ver pleased with the service all the way through

I always try to book flights that don’t charge for baggage. Yet I was charged $75 for this flight.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to Detroit found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/2Sun
2 stopsJapan Airlines
38h 43mCAN-DTW
6/17Mon
2 stopsJapan Airlines
37h 38mDTW-CAN
$1,226
6/6Thu
2 stopsBritish Airways
46h 45mPVG-DTW
9/1Sun
2 stopsBritish Airways
26h 34mDTW-PVG
$1,234
6/11Tue
2 stopsLufthansa
34h 25mPVG-DTW
12/3Tue
2 stopsLufthansa
33h 35mDTW-PVG
$1,294
6/11Tue
1 stopLufthansa
26h 25mPVG-DTW
12/3Tue
2 stopsLufthansa
33h 35mDTW-PVG
$1,296
6/7Fri
1 stopKorean Air
28h 30mSHA-DTW
8/29Thu
1 stopKorean Air
39h 30mDTW-SHA
$1,330
6/6Thu
1 stopKorean Air
28h 30mSHA-DTW
9/3Tue
1 stopKorean Air
39h 45mDTW-SHA
$1,384
6/3Mon
nonstopDelta
14h 30mPVG-DTW
9/2Mon
nonstopDelta
15h 40mDTW-PVG
$1,488
6/11Tue
nonstopDelta
14h 30mPVG-DTW
9/5Thu
nonstopDelta
15h 40mDTW-PVG
$1,489
6/4Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
24h 44mCAN-DTW
6/19Wed
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
26h 45mDTW-CAN
$2,866
6/6Thu
3 stopsAmerican Airlines
33h 13mSHE-DTW
8/31Sat
3 stopsAmerican Airlines
39h 11mDTW-SHE
$2,915

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Detroit found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/10Mon
2 stops
35h 21mPVG-DTW
$468
6/10Mon
3 stops
34h 22mPVG-DTW
$513
6/26Wed
nonstopDelta
14h 30mPVG-DTW
$761
6/27Thu
nonstopDelta
14h 30mPVG-DTW
$762
10/9Wed
1 stopKorean Air
28h 20mSHA-DTW
$855
10/9Wed
2 stopsKorean Air
32h 21mSHA-DTW
$877
6/15Sat
2 stopsJapan Airlines
39h 44mSHA-DTW
$1,044
7/10Wed
1 stopLufthansa
38h 00mPEK-DTW
$1,264
7/10Wed
1 stopLufthansa
38h 00mPEK-DTW
$1,267
7/10Wed
2 stopsJapan Airlines
48h 40mPEK-DTW
$1,275

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Last minute flights to Detroit

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to Detroit that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/9Thu
multi-stopBritish Airways
48h 01mPVG-DTW
5/16Thu
multi-stopBritish Airways
32h 51mDTW-PVG
$1,219
5/10Fri
multi-stop
32h 31mPVG-DTW
5/16Thu
multi-stop
34h 33mDTW-PVG
$1,473
5/10Fri
multi-stop
32h 57mPVG-DTW
5/16Thu
multi-stop
34h 33mDTW-PVG
$1,558
5/9Thu
multi-stopLufthansa
34h 35mPVG-DTW
5/16Thu
multi-stopLufthansa
29h 10mDTW-PVG
$1,677
5/9Thu
multi-stopLufthansa
39h 20mPVG-DTW
5/16Thu
multi-stopLufthansa
29h 10mDTW-PVG
$1,744
5/10Fri
multi-stopKorean Air
35h 45mPVG-DTW
5/16Thu
multi-stopKorean Air
59h 35mDTW-PVG
$1,871
5/8Wed
multi-stopANA
46h 29mPEK-DTW
5/12Sun
multi-stopANA
20h 50mDTW-PEK
$2,201
5/8Wed
multi-stopANA
39h 39mPEK-DTW
5/12Sun
multi-stopANA
20h 50mDTW-PEK
$2,205
5/10Fri
nonstopDelta
14h 15mPVG-DTW
5/16Thu
multi-stopDelta
18h 35mDTW-PVG
$2,980
5/10Fri
nonstopDelta
14h 15mPVG-DTW
5/16Thu
nonstopDelta
15h 35mDTW-PVG
$4,056

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Flights to Detroit

Destination:

Detroit (DTW)United States

Return flight deals:

Detroit - China

Cabin classes:

$6,251
$2,473
$1,376

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