$233 Find Cheap Flights from Detroit to Alaska

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Cheap Flights from Detroit to Alaska

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Anchorage
Anchorage1 stop$481
Fairbanks
Fairbanks1 stop$361
Juneau
Juneau2 stops$579
Ketchikan
Ketchikan1 stop$621
Sitka
Sitka2 stops$670
Anchorage
Anchorage1 stop$481
Fairbanks
Fairbanks1 stop$361
Juneau
Juneau2 stops$579
Ketchikan
Ketchikan1 stop$621
Sitka
Sitka2 stops$670

Book Cheap Detroit to Alaska Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Detroit to Alaska that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Detroit to Alaska

Mon, Apr 13 - Tue, Apr 21
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4:55 pm - 10:35 pm
DTW
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FAI
9h 40m
1 stop
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3:53 pm - 5:49 am
FAI
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DTW
9h 56m
1 stop
$361Alaska Airlines
Mon, Apr 13 - Tue, Apr 21
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4:55 pm - 1:44 am
DTW
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FAI
12h 49m
1 stop
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10:29 pm - 4:14 pm
FAI
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DTW
13h 45m
2 stops
$365Alaska Airlines
Fri, Apr 17 - Fri, Apr 24
Alaska Airlines Logo
4:55 pm - 1:44 am
DTW
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FAI
12h 49m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:11 pm - 5:49 am
FAI
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DTW
13h 38m
1 stop
$402Alaska Airlines
Fri, Apr 17 - Fri, Apr 24
Alaska Airlines Logo
4:55 pm - 10:35 pm
DTW
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FAI
9h 40m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:09 am - 4:14 pm
FAI
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DTW
27h 05m
2 stops
$406Alaska Airlines
Mon, Mar 9 - Sun, Mar 15
Delta Logo
12:20 pm - 12:11 am
DTW
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FAI
15h 51m
1 stop
Delta Logo
1:30 am - 8:45 pm
FAI
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DTW
15h 15m
1 stop
$433Delta
Mon, Mar 9 - Sun, Mar 15
Delta Logo
12:20 pm - 12:11 am
DTW
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FAI
15h 51m
1 stop
Delta Logo
1:30 am - 11:59 pm
FAI
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DTW
18h 29m
2 stops
$439Delta
Wed, May 6 - Mon, May 18
Delta Logo
7:52 pm - 10:03 am
DTW
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ANC
18h 11m
1 stop
Delta Logo
5:15 pm - 12:52 pm
ANC
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DTW
15h 37m
1 stop
$481Delta
Tue, May 5 - Mon, May 18
Delta Logo
8:15 pm - 2:33 pm
DTW
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ANC
22h 18m
2 stops
Delta Logo
5:15 pm - 12:52 pm
ANC
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DTW
15h 37m
1 stop
$486Delta
Sun, May 31 - Wed, Jun 10
Sun Country Air Logo
6:40 pm - 12:14 pm
DTW
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ANC
21h 34m
1 stop
Sun Country Air Logo
1:22 pm - 9:09 am
ANC
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DTW
15h 47m
1 stop
$491Sun Country Air
Fri, Jun 19 - Thu, Jun 25
Sun Country Air Logo
11:15 am - 7:48 pm
DTW
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ANC
12h 33m
1 stop
Sun Country Air Logo
8:52 pm - 10:12 am
ANC
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DTW
9h 20m
1 stop
$498Sun Country Air
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Detroit to Alaska flights

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

What is the cheapest Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Alaska flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Alaska from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport found in the last 72 hours was to Anchorage, at $411 round-trip. The most popular route is from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) to Anchorage (ANC), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $411.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Alaska?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $335, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Alaska, 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 from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Alaska is September, when tickets cost $467 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $965 and $955 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Detroit to Alaska?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Alaska clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Alaska on a Saturday and more expensive on a Thursday. On your return trip to Detroit, you should consider flying back on a Monday, and avoid Wednesdays for better deals.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Alaska, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Alaska, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 54% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$233
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 8% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 17% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking Alaska flights

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

    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 from Detroit to Alaska.

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

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

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

    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 from Detroit to Alaska 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 from Detroit to Alaska?

    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 from Detroit to Alaska up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Alaska?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Alaska is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $726 on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Alaska is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $726.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Detroit to Alaska

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Detroit to Alaska. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 11825 reviews
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
7.1Food
7.0Entertainment
8.1Boarding
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I think Alaska should start including free meals on these longer trips.

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Feb 2026
SEA - DCA
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I think Alaska should start including free meals on these longer trips.

Wheelchair assistance was excellent. I had a saver fare, but was given a seat in Premium. So very nice!! Extra legroom, complimentary beer. The flight crew was very nice and efficient. The gate agent in Seattle double checked to make sure I was able to board the plane all right while using my cane. I boarded first. So considerate! The flight was smooth, and right on time.

Wheelchair assistant was on the spot, and very helpful. Gate agent was kind, and made sure I boarded the plane without having to try to hurry with my painful hip. My seat was so comfortable, 20A. I am tall, 5'9 and I need to stretch out my legs due to chronic nerve pain in my back that runs down my right leg, in addition to the bursitis in my right hip. Alaska air has the best economy seating in the market. So much room for legs, elbows, etc. When I arrived in SEA, the next Wheelchair was waiting to take me to the next gate. Great communication.

I had to cancel my trip due to health reasons three days after making the reservation. I was stunned to find out that the ticket was not able to be credited for future travel. $734 loss. Not happy that this was not my experience with Southwest Airlines. I will stick with SW in the future. Boo Alaskan Air and Kayak.

Due to plane delays on both legs of my flight home, I had to be rerouted from Santa Rosa to Las Vegas on Skywest and then to DCA on American. SkyWest airlines sat on runway in Las Vegas for 20 minutes waiting for gate to clear. My boarding pass for American that I was given by Alaska was incomplete and the Las Vegas airport lacked signage and departure boards. I barely made my flight bc it was so confusing. American Airlines has a much better wireless connection. I’ll never fly Alaska again. It clearly has problems.

How can I review what was denied to me. Instead of offering to let me pay for the ticket I got booted of my flight with no way home and no choice but to purchase another ticket for 12 hours later. Filing a complaint with the DOT

I like them since I live in Alaska and I don't have much choice

Coke zero offered...good. The proptness of flight was late. This has been a everytime thing for my last 9 flights. And is putting alot of pressure on my connecting flights. Not a bit punctual. I am always early, but Ak. Airlines is not. And people i happen fly beside, parrot the same thing. The baggage delivery to baggage claim, is not prompt. Its slowwwww. The seats are poorly padded, very crowd. We need more room, not padding the airlines bottom line. Its like a cattle car. More leg room, more side to side room. And attendants need upgrade of verbal skills. I have been faithful to Ak. A., but it will change if changes are not made. Not the only planes in the sky.

We were very late to take off, late exit plane, and luggage took a long time.

Great if it’s not a long flight in coach.

I didn't take this flight. I changed the flight. Why am I getting surveys and notifications on flights that I change. Seems like a defect with Kayak.

Delta One is extraordinary. I fly business when somebody hires me. I just wonder why there is such a chasm between business class and the insanely inhumane and nonsensical coach. The seats are not large enough to fit even my tiny wife. We fly 10% of what we did because we don’t want to pay 5-10 k but for $400 it’s unbearable. It seems like the accountants took over and made stupid decisions. Screw in 20 extra seats and make it so unbearable that people fly 90% less. Just put the damn price up and put some proper chairs in. But business, yay.

Timing, quality of service, promptness and courtesy of the staff

It was last minute due to weather - considering - it was amazing! Good smiles, friendly staff and they were making sure we knew what was going on when and where.

delta last minute gave me a boarding pass for a different flight with no confirmation that they were changing it

The service from the flight attendants were of supreme quality. They greeted and treated everyone with a wide smile. This is totally absent nowadays. Kudos to them!!!!

Excellent flight and got us around tough weather. Only issue was seat TV did not work and crew tried to reboot.

Very large passenger too space from my own seat. Arm board couldn’t be lowered because of his size. It wads very uncomfortable trip, as the flight was full couldn’t move anywhere having back pain because of the position in which I was the entire flight.

was sitting in the jet bridge for 10 minutes in -20 degree weather waiting for my bag

Outdated equipment in disrepair, wifi inoperable. Broken seats, taped air vents, generally poor condition, the 717 showed its age and lack of upkeep.

Yall need to integrate your system with Alaska more efficiently. They booted me off the first flight because of a discrepancy on your end.

The crew at Hawaiian Airlines was fantastic. Kind and hard working. The pilots were great with giving us all the updates to make sure we were informed.

Very good. Nice plane and we sat in economy plus - bigger seats, more room. They served a meal and snacks, and the meal was an apple stuffed pancake that was very good! The snack for us was a hummus sandwich - also very good. The flight attendants were helpful and nice. They have plenty of movies and shows to watch. My only negative -- they changed our flights around and did not adjust the layovers, so we ended up with a very long and unnecessary layover in Honolulu.

I liked the Starlink WiFi but didn't like how they said they were the only airline to offer a free meal and it turns out to be just a standalone sandwich and then charge for snacks to go with it. Rather have the free snacks like Southwest, but have the option to purchase a decent meal for a 5+ hour flight.

Flight scheduled to take off at 5.55pm but it did not take off until 7pm due to some food delivery delay.

Unfortunately, I was put into the middle seat in the first row of premium seating. Sounds nice right? No! that is the worst seat in the plane. I wish I was in economy rather than be in that seat! There is no seat back pocket, no tray table, no charger. Nothing! so unless you're row mates are willing to let you share their basic amenities any flyer should have, you are stuck. It was the worst experience ever! And the flight attendant forgot to take my drink order. I felt like the forgotten flyer.

Delayed and cancelled flights were hard and very stressful, both ways!

The crew was quite good, they came by often with drinks or to collect trash. But what wasn't nice was the flight was over weigh and several people had to be rebooked. I was questioned whether I should have a seat when I was getting to it. The in-flight entertainment kept buffering and interrupting. And the route took the airplane through high winds which caused us a longer flight

Wasn’t on the flight due to Alaska cancellation…also after all the rerouting, I was going to be on a later flight that left SFO at 7:47pm, which meant an almost 6 hour layover. That same Hawaiian flight was delayed for another 2hours.

I had to cancel the flight because with a 3 hour delay for 'unexpected maintenance' in getting to LAX, I couldn't connect to an overseas flight that I had booked on Scandinavian Air.

The attendant on board was amazing. She should be doing business/first international long haul.

I was fully checked in the prior night and i was unchecked and then didn’t have a seat when I boarded. Instead of an aisle seat, I was out in the middle seat of the very last row of the plane.

In overall it was a good experience, the only down point was that the entertainment screen was working properly.

HORRIBLE, my initial flight was cancelled, they made me pay $200 extra dollars and that got cancelled as well! After 6 cancellations I decided to get a refund because I needed to get home to my babies. Out of $1000+ dollars they offered me only $40 in refund! Totally unacceptable! The flight that they cancelled I was able to fly it on another airline. I had to spend $400 on one way tickets just to get home! I’m still getting the runaround.

First class ticket gets you a choice of chips or nuts. . Just like economy Southwest. Also no screen in the seats. This is first class???!

Seated dude next to me even though lots of empty rows. But main thing was we sat on the tarmac after landing for 30 minutes because of, in the words of the dude who sat next to me, “operational incompetence”. We got changing directions about where to pick up gate checked bags. Pilot and flight attendant were awesome though.

It was a pretty standard flight... until the almost hour and a half spent on the taxi way. I get that the weather has been poor but the delay had nothing to do with the weather and more to do with a plane with several issues tying up the gate. I get that that happens from time to time but this has been EVERY flight I've been on for the past 5 years and I fly 3 to 5 times a year. This isn't just United... it's American, it's Delta. It's an issue with the entire industry. I work for UPS and packages on a cargo plane get better service than people do these days. Anymore I HATE flying.

Flight arrived 30 min early and bag was waiting at the baggage pickup. United Club HNL was one of the nicest in the system

Unfortunately weather delayed our flight waiting for our plane to arrive and due to a little snow time was needed to deice the plane so departure was very delayed and I missed the connecting flight

Very good. Because of the delays with my previous flight, I missed my connection, but I was able to book another flight through the United app easily.

Update to handle the delay was very bad, crews no smiles or welcome or thanks. Don’t care attitude

It would be nice to have some low carb options in the snacks.

I was trying to take 2 one and a half hour one way trips and I experienced almost 20 delays over the course of those two trips. Only a few of them were due to weather the rest was disorganization

No gates avail at DFW so our incoming had to wait 30 mins for a plane to push back because they Had mechanical. We boarded 90 mins delayed and then we had a mechanical. Come on American…do better. Also at my seat the tray table had not been cleaned. Floor had not been cleaned. But captain and flight Att were very picture and apologetic.

Crew was helpful and cheerful especially when they had no refreshments to work with. The plane was never serviced and had nothing but limited water and coffee onboard. For the price point, a concern of services.

Flight was smooth, quick and felt safe. The 2 delays not happening would have been better but I guess that happens in the airline industry

Flight was canceled. I asked to be rerouted to OKC and then took an Uber.

AA did not allow to board a flight because my connecting flight from DFW had been canceled. I got on another flight to another city. No service on the plane and I did not use their entertainment system.

On time on a day with lots of weather cancellations on other flights. Thank you for getting me home during a winter storm!

Don't change gate multiple times make people run across the airport. Announce delays in a timely manner. Have maintenance crew ready. Don't delay and keep passengers on the plane for 3 hrs. on tarmac.

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