$263 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$290
Fairbanks
Fairbanks1 stop$381
Juneau
Juneau2 stops$454
Ketchikan
Ketchikan2 stops$455
Sitka
Sitka1 stop$516
Anchorage
Anchorage1 stop$290
Fairbanks
Fairbanks1 stop$381
Juneau
Juneau2 stops$454
Ketchikan
Ketchikan2 stops$455
Sitka
Sitka1 stop$516

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

Fri, Jun 19 - Wed, Jul 1
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 - 9:09 am
ANC
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DTW
8h 17m
1 stop
$290Sun Country Air
Sat, Apr 18 - Sat, Apr 25
Alaska Airlines Logo
4:55 pm - 10:45 pm
DTW
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FAI
9h 50m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:11 pm - 5:44 am
FAI
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DTW
13h 33m
1 stop
$381Alaska Airlines
Fri, May 1 - Sat, May 9
United Airlines Logo
1:41 pm - 7:42 pm
DTW
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FAI
10h 01m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:55 pm - 10:06 am
FAI
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DTW
9h 11m
1 stop
$391United Airlines
Sat, Apr 18 - Sat, Apr 25
Alaska Airlines Logo
4:55 pm - 1:44 am
DTW
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FAI
12h 49m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:48 pm - 5:44 am
FAI
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DTW
11h 56m
2 stops
$394Alaska Airlines
Fri, May 1 - Sat, May 9
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:14 pm - 1:42 am
DTW
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FAI
12h 28m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 5:44 am
FAI
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DTW
20h 44m
2 stops
$395Alaska Airlines
Wed, May 13 - Tue, May 26
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:08 pm - 11:24 am
DTW
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FAI
21h 16m
2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:20 am - 5:12 pm
FAI
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DTW
11h 52m
1 stop
$397Alaska Airlines
Fri, May 1 - Sat, May 9
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:09 am - 7:03 pm
DTW
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FAI
15h 54m
2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 5:44 am
FAI
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DTW
20h 44m
2 stops
$400Alaska Airlines
Sat, Apr 18 - Sat, Apr 25
Alaska Airlines Logo
4:55 pm - 12:08 am
DTW
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FAI
35h 13m
2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:50 am - 5:44 am
FAI
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DTW
17h 54m
2 stops
$401Alaska 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
3:59 pm - 5:44 am
FAI
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DTW
9h 45m
1 stop
$402Alaska Airlines
Fri, Jun 19 - Wed, Jul 1
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 - 9:09 am
ANC
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DTW
8h 17m
1 stop
$524Sun 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 $539 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 $539.

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 $456 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $990 and $709 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 55% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$268
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 15% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 12% increase in price.
Flight from Detroit to Sitka

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 $712 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 $712.

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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Detroit to Alaska? 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.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 11994 reviews
7.0Entertainment
7.1Food
8.1Boarding
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
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The front desk attendant was rude to everyone in an absolutely careless way.

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Mar 2026
EWR - LAX
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The front desk attendant was rude to everyone in an absolutely careless way.

Lot's of good food and free entanglement made the trip pleasurable and fun.

The food was terrible, worse that what you get with UA, an already one of the lowest standards to beat. How cheap one could be, providing that kind of junk food in first class. Unbelievable! The seats were not very comfortable either. And there were no screens either, not that I cared much but for you to know.

Easy check-in. Good customer service. Had to check carry-on due to lack of overhead space. Wish the airplane was configured with more overhead area so this doesn't usually happen.

Everything was good. Please have a wheat free option for snacks in the future.

Not delay for a few passengers. That was uncalled for. If idiots can't make the flight on time thats their fault. Why should I be punished for them? No more holding the plane for one or two people

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.

The flight was flying with 30% capacity. The flight my seat from preferred seating to back of the seat. Even though i can understand that this was to balance the flight weight. The flight attendance decided to do the serving near my seat and in the middle , their noices woke me up from sleep , when i realized that the service has ended and when they were going back asked for a coffee, for which they answered they have completed teh service in my location. That really upset me as they woke me up and also rejected the coffee i asked. I ended up landing with a headache, thanks to the crew that screwed up my travel

Delayed. Hot. Passenger next to me was so large I couldn’t move.

Same experience as the flight from Norfolk to Atlanta where people are boarded in zones that don't make sense. People behind you on the plane will get on before you and they take the luggage space on your row.

The boarding process doesn't make sense since some people that will sit behind your rows are boarded before you and then they take up the luggage space above your head. I then have to wait for people to get off the plane before I can go back to get my luggage.

Good flight. Connector flight was delayed so made a short turnaround in Atlanta which was stressful. Otherwise, great crew, Staff in ATL was very informative about the delay and ensured people their connections were fine. Notified the ones that were not. Great communication.

The flight went very well, but the flight attendants didn't serve and food or drinks other than 1st class due to rough air but to be honest it wasn't that bumpy and I felt that they could've at least offered water and coffee perhaps. Also serving 1st class only is a bad look. I've been in 1st class many times and I would've felt that if the turbulence was too rough for the main cabin, it would be too rough for 1st class too.

There was an unruly family behind us that made the short flight miserable!!! The cabin crew did nothing to contain it.

My seatback screen didn’t work so that sucked because that’s what I was going to do on the plane.

Left a few minutes early. Got in 15 minutes early. Very attentive service on board. Very organized boarding.

The whole experience was excellent. As it most often is with Delta

No charging outlets worked. Other than collecting trash attendants didn’t come around. No one could hear flight attendants announcements during the flight. Seat pads were horrible. Sitting on a board for 5 hours. What happened to Hawaiian airlines comfort, hospitality, and extras? Our pilots did an excellent job trying to minimize turbulence and incredible job in landing in windy conditions.

I like that if they asked you to checked in a bag at the gate they give you priority to board

Horrible food and crew. Crew were laughing and talking loud while people were trying to sleep

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 travel company that you have on your site did me so wrong. I don’t know how it happened, but they put my son‘s name on my plane ticket flying to Vietnam. Along with his birthday. They would not have let me fly from Fort Myers to Ho Chi Minh City. I don’t think that I can ever use your service again. I typed my information into the browser along with my passport number and four days before I’m leaving I have to quickly search another ticket to fly out here.

Seats are uncomfortable. This has been a trend in the industry for decades. Trying to fit more seats on each plane to increase profits at the expense of the passenger.

The flight was delayed so we were dead tired, and after that the turbulence was horrible. I was very scared.

It’s always a great time flying with united airlines.

Good flight. Efficient boarding and competent flight crew. No problems until we arrived at our destination gate. We were early so there was an aircraft at the gate that had to move before we could pull in. Then, due to the type of aircraft we flew, the cabin door could not be opened until some luggage from the cargo bay was offloaded to preserve center of gravity characteristics. So, that further delayed deplaning. Despite being 20 minutes early on landing, we ended up being 5 to 10 minutes late after all the delays.

Everything went well except the turbulence what no one have a control of but pilot and crew handled very good!

There was no WiFi available, there were mechanical problems with the plane and we landed at C 124, then the gate was switched to A 26, then all the way back to C126! For a 75 yo woman traveling alone, this was a difficult journey, indeed!

This trip did not start off well. The inbound flight was delayed about 20 minutes. Then, after initial onboarding, the passengers had to deplane due to a mechanical problem. That took about 30 minutes to fix and be cleared. Then, reboarding was chaotic. It took a long time to sort passengers and two passengers on standby were ticketed but there was no seat. So, they had to deplane. One of the flight crew was trying to help passengers figure out a place to put their carry-on bags and that took more time. In the end, our scheduled 10:30 am departure did not actually take off until about 12:05 pm CST. The flight itself was long but we got to Houston. Some passengers missed their connecting flights and had to rebook. Not the best of flights I've had.

Staff were good. My seat was in need of repair, but for a short flight was not problematic. Usual basic snack and drink setup that you'll find on any US carrier. Over, a decent, basic flight.

Complimentary light meal would be appreciated. But great flight crew service on all legs

The baggage claim experience was poor. The plane crew and the AA app said that checked baggage in CLT would be at carousel 7 but the sign at Baggage Claim said carousel 1. The carousel 1 sign had the correct flight # listed above the belt. But the luggage never came. I went to an AA baggage claim office after about 1 hour and the clerk directed me to another AA room that was poorly marked, with a closed door and no obvious way to know what to do. Finally someone opened the door and my bag was inside. The clerk was totally unable to explain why.

They are rarely on time! Very hard to plan your travels when flights or connections keep getting delayed.

Flight delay for mechanical. Inbound arrived on time. No one said why mechanical delay.

Forced to check bags. Crew uninterested in collecting trash. Unclean seats.

why would I bother with this airline and pick seats when I am asked to move for a weight imbalance

Flight pulled out on time but sat on runway for 30 mins. It was extremely cold in the aircraft despite wearing a winter coat. Surprisingly they had a vegetarian meal but could have some better snack choices for a 8 hour flight.

We had a male flight attendant who was super attentive and wonderful! Very professional. I have both gluten and dairy intolerance, and was only able to get a gluten free part, and not the dairy free part of the meal. Easy to order ahead of time and I appreciate being able to do that.

Snow delayed boarding several times, which I understand happens. Issue I had was that after we did board, pilot told us we were going to roll out to be de-iced, then on our way. We were de-iced once, taxied to the tarmac and then stopped. Sat for another 30 minutes or so, the another de-icing. Then we rolled out to a parking spot, only to sit for another hour due to a traffic stop in DCA, which I'm confident they knew would happen before we boarded. Pilot gave no updates other than we had to hold, attendants did speak to the crew, but when asked, said the pilot would be updating us. We on the ground in the plane waiting for over 2 hours. They did communicate that bathrooms would be open, but no other news until we left. Would have been better to be up front about status.

Good crew and flight was on time. It’s a small plane with limited overhead luggage space. They said the overhead space was full and I had to check my bag. There was still space when I got on. Waiting for my checked luggage added 30 minutes to my trip. Not the end of the world but also not great.

My seat was assigned last row behind restrooms No legroom’s I’m very Pettit Still was not comfortable Food choice was excellent

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