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Cheap Flights from Detroit to China

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Shanghai
Shanghai1 stop$1,043
Guangzhou
Guangzhou2 stops$1,197
Chengdu
Chengdu3 stops$1,797
Shenzhen
Shenzhen2 stops$1,221
Shenyang
Shenyang2 stops$2,179
Chongqing
Chongqing3 stops$1,267
Qingdao
Qingdao3 stops$1,220
Wuhan
Wuhan2 stops$1,250
Hangzhou
Hangzhou2 stops$1,427
Xi'an
Xi'an2 stops$1,267
Xiamen
Xiamen2 stops$1,221
Nanjing
Nanjing2 stops$1,880
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou2 stops$1,197
Changsha
Changsha2 stops$2,178
Dalian
Dalian1 stop$1,326
Shanghai
Shanghai1 stop$1,043
Guangzhou
Guangzhou2 stops$1,197
Chengdu
Chengdu3 stops$1,797
Shenzhen
Shenzhen2 stops$1,221
Shenyang
Shenyang2 stops$2,179
Chongqing
Chongqing3 stops$1,267
Qingdao
Qingdao3 stops$1,220
Wuhan
Wuhan2 stops$1,250
Hangzhou
Hangzhou2 stops$1,427
Xi'an
Xi'an2 stops$1,267
Xiamen
Xiamen2 stops$1,221
Nanjing
Nanjing2 stops$1,880
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou2 stops$1,197
Changsha
Changsha2 stops$2,178
Dalian
Dalian1 stop$1,326

Book Cheap Detroit to China 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 China 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 China

Tue, Aug 11 - Tue, Dec 8
Turkish Airlines Logo
8:50 pm - 6:25 am
DTW
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PVG
21h 35m
1 stop
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10:10 am - 6:10 pm
PVG
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DTW
45h 00m
1 stop
$1,043Turkish Airlines
Mon, Aug 24 - Wed, Oct 28
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8:50 pm - 6:25 am
DTW
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PVG
21h 35m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
10:10 am - 7:10 pm
PVG
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DTW
45h 00m
1 stop
$1,050Turkish Airlines
Tue, Sep 1 - Sun, Sep 20
Korean Air Logo
12:15 pm - 9:40 am
DTW
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PEK
33h 25m
2 stops
Korean Air Logo
1:30 am - 11:40 am
PEK
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DTW
46h 10m
2 stops
$1,128Korean Air
Tue, Oct 13 - Mon, Nov 9
Korean Air Logo
12:15 pm - 10:25 am
DTW
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PEK
58h 10m
2 stops
Korean Air Logo
1:30 am - 3:13 pm
PEK
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DTW
26h 43m
2 stops
$1,138Korean Air
Mon, Oct 19 - Thu, Nov 19
China Eastern Logo
8:32 am - 9:50 pm
DTW
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PEK
25h 18m
2 stops
China Eastern Logo
8:30 am - 7:14 pm
PEK
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DTW
23h 44m
2 stops
$1,197China Eastern
Mon, Oct 19 - Mon, Nov 9
China Eastern Logo
8:32 am - 12:50 am
DTW
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CAN
28h 18m
2 stops
China Eastern Logo
7:30 am - 7:14 pm
CAN
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DTW
24h 44m
2 stops
$1,197China Eastern
Mon, Sep 7 - Mon, Sep 21
Cathay Pacific Logo
9:53 am - 2:20 am
DTW
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CAN
28h 27m
2 stops
Cathay Pacific Logo
5:00 am - 3:17 pm
CAN
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DTW
46h 17m
2 stops
$1,200Cathay Pacific
Thu, Sep 17 - Sat, Sep 26
Cathay Pacific Logo
7:35 pm - 11:05 am
DTW
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XMN
27h 30m
2 stops
Cathay Pacific Logo
12:15 pm - 10:56 am
XMN
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DTW
34h 41m
2 stops
$1,236Cathay Pacific
Wed, Sep 2 - Sun, Nov 1
ANA Logo
8:50 am - 12:15 pm
DTW
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SHA
39h 25m
2 stops
ANA Logo
1:40 pm - 7:22 pm
SHA
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DTW
41h 42m
2 stops
$1,392ANA
Thu, Oct 8 - Mon, Oct 26
ANA Logo
7:30 am - 12:15 pm
DTW
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SHA
40h 45m
2 stops
ANA Logo
1:40 pm - 6:51 pm
SHA
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DTW
41h 11m
2 stops
$1,402ANA
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Detroit to China flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Detroit to China 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 China flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to China from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport found in the last 72 hours was to Shanghai, at $1,659 round-trip. The most popular route is from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport (PVG), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,659.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to China?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to China depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to China is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $2,011 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to China is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $2,274.

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

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 $1,483, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

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 China, 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 China is September, when tickets cost $1,317 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and May, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,492 and $2,282 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$354
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
Flight from Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Detroit to China

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Detroit to China? 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.
8.4
ANAOverall score based on 1187 reviews
8.2Comfort
7.8Food
8.5Boarding
8.0Entertainment
8.7Crew
Airline reviews

The staff is amazing, I cannot stress that enough! The food is really good and snacks at stations to take for yourselves. Economy seating is fine, not the most comfortable, but our friends in Premium Economy said they were very comfortable! Decent entertainment options, but being built in, you have to use their cheap headsets unless you have your own plug in ones. I only have Bluetooth earbuds.

8.0 ExcellentSarah, Apr 2026
SEA - HND
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The staff is amazing, I cannot stress that enough! The food is really good and snacks at stations to take for yourselves. Economy seating is fine, not the most comfortable, but our friends in Premium Economy said they were very comfortable! Decent entertainment options, but being built in, you have to use their cheap headsets unless you have your own plug in ones. I only have Bluetooth earbuds.

It was good. The crew was efficient, food was good

Seats were extremely cramped even for economy. Food was atrocious. Crew was fine but no follow up, additional drinks offered etc. For a 14 hour flight I expected more.

Boarding was good. Inflight service was good. Alcoholic drinks could have been served free.

Suite lounge in Honolulu is the best lounge in Honolulu. I love the huge bathrooms in ANA first Class on the A380 Honu plane. Japanese meal was outstanding and service was amazing. Everything was just excellent. Can’t wait to fly again

Their was $200 charge for 2nd luggage, airplane very new and flight smooth. Flight time seem faster then Asian stoping Korea then china.

Flight was late boarding. United crew were not friendly and cordial unlike the ANA crew.

Seat was broken. Check in was not possible until we reached the gate, by then we were separated.

The food was not great; but I don’t expect much from airline food. However, the staff was incredible! I had gotten to the gate when I realized I had left my computer at the security checkpoint! I told a staff member and she said, “well, you will miss this flight if you go back to get it” It was a long way from the gate. I asked if I might get on the next flight. She sent for another staff member, and he took me to the gate desk. He found an open seat, and said,”okay, go run to get your computer, I will get you a new boarding pass.” I rran back, retrieved my computer, and returned to the gate. It was closed, but I found the gate nearby where the next ANA flight was leaving. Another staff member was ready for me, and printed me a new pass, and even made sure I still had an aisle seat that I requested! I got in line and continued my trip. These people are amazing, helpful, and friendly. My trip could have been ruined, or postponed at a great expense, but they saved the day! 5 stars!!!!

I originally thought I was booking with ANA airlines and didn't see "operated by United" until the day of. I even thought the United check-in update was a scam so ended up checking in 3 hours before the flight, causing separate seating and uncomfortable middle seats.

Flight was delayed, we could have been notified earlier and in a consistent manner. App was not refreshing for another passenger to get the latest flight status. We could have stayed and waited at the hotel instead of waiting at the airport had we known the flight was going to delayed for more than 5 hours. The toilet is too tight, and needs to be cleaned more frequently (every hour). The entertainment screen froze, the touch screen not responding to touch. We were upgraded to comfort, it is more comfortable than regular economy seats.

Everything was great. The only issue is unfixable. Seats are too small. 😁🤪

This wasn't my experience with Delta. It was just the Pegasus flight. Seats were very hard. Staff was kinda rough. Not very nice. Charged me for snacks. For a 4 hour flight I would've expected more.

Crew was nice, meal was good. Entertainment had to be rebooted 3 times and still did not work. Turns out there was residue on screen, it needed to be cleaned to prevent the touchscreen buttons from continuously activating. I had entertainment for the last 45 minutes of a 5 hour 45 minute flight. Really unacceptable for first class. Flight attendent indicated your cleaning solution creates this problem. Seems as if this is widely known, you should be using a different product or cleaning better. Really really disappointing which simply added to the wi fi on your planes with reliably never ever works.

The baggage belt was not updated on the Delta App and was displayed on the wrong belt board. Was not expecting this to happen.

The plan was delayed and left DC 90 minutes late. However, it showed a 20 minute delay on the delta app, then a 12 min delay. It turned out to be an hour delay. I found out where the plane was with flightaware. Stop keeping customers in the dark about what is going on.

Everything went smoothly, although the usual gripes about airline travel were still present: the boarding process is inefficient, the snack selection is limited, and so on. Since there was extra space on the flight, the gate agent rearranged many people's seats to put people on the aisles and windows, leaving the middle seats empty, as much as possible, which was pretty great.

Landed without a gate ready. Plane is extremely old and dirty.

All the amenities was wonderful, if they could keep their prices that low. I'd fly with them all the time.

Very old plane with no inflight entertainment. I purchased the internet pass and it was nearly unusable.

Crew were not engaging. Only engaged if requested. Food taste was mediocre

More tasty food particularly ethnic food. Staff didn’t respond to calls some of the time in premium economy.

My seat had many issues. First the chair was broken where reclining was difficult. My usb plug was also broken so charging was impossible.

The flight from Hong Kong to Hyderabad didn’t have any power points to charge my mobile. Given we are no longer allowed to use power banks, giving customers the ability to charge even on short flights is critical part of the overall experience.

Multiple late or canceled flights. Lounge was 100 degrees. Food was terrible. The plane was incredibly old, and best of all, a screaming child for 3 hours. All for the low low price of $2,600 one way Hanoi to Shanghai. No idea how Cathay is ranked so high. Cathay is not much better than American Airlines or Spirit. In the future I will go out of my way to not fly Cathay.

I liked the service. The touch screen needs improvement as well as movie choices.

when i ask for help all the crew members had a look like why are you calling me? very terse and rude.

Good service and food. However, we paid over $400 for aisle seats for my disabled husband and me, and we were given window and middle seats. This was dangerous for our health condition on such a long flight. We needed to stand up and walk around frequently, but we were stuck in our seats. Please give us a refund of our seat payment since you chose not to honor our request.

It was great. It was my first time with Cathay Pacific and I really recommend.

Very bad Instead 22 hour it take me more that 35 hour to arrive from Los Angeles to Phuket and they changed my flight in Hong Kong to Shanghai china and in order to get my bag I was forced to vet china visa entrry

The flight was delayed. The staff made us wait in the room that is too small and it was crowded and with no seats available for waiting. They did not tell us why the delay occurred.

While boarding at PVG, there was a ticket checking at the gate, then there was another ticket checking at the bottom of the escalator, which created quite a dangerous congestion. Not sure which idiot made this absolutely unnecessary arrangement.

While boarding at PVG, there was a ticket checking by the gate, then there was another ticket checking right at the bottom of the escalator, which created quite a dangerous congestion. Don't understand why the duplication?

I was traveling alone with an infant, so the crew was incredibly helpful. Both the international and subsequent domestic flights were impeccable.

Plane was good. But food was bad and air host was so rude. I will never fly with China Eastern again

The flight was delayed by 2 hours, although to their credit they delayed my connecting flight so people could reach it. Also their site is a nightmare to navigate on a phone. Everything else was good.

The ticket was last minute buy so no concerns about the pricing this time, but the crew in general could have been more accommodating, helpful.

CTU-KMG-CNX with 1.5 hr connection at KMG. Doable but just barely bc immigration exit from China is at the last flight leg, here: KMG to CNX. We hauled out of the domestic terminal to reenter at the international departures (luggage checked thru to CNX thankfully). Immigration had only two agents, even though KMG gets a HUGE number of foreigners. It took forever for such a shot line. Then security also took a while, so I just just made the connection. Recommend if you exit China with domestic international transfer, plan for 2+ hrs to avoid a heart attack. Airline personnel don’t suffer if you miss the flight, you do. Plan accordingly.

China Eastern as a member of Sky Alliance airlines should have the same standards overall of their partners, Besides the seats comforts everything else is bellow the standard for a business class travelers. A BIG ISSUE FOR NON-CHINESE PASSENGERS IS THE ABILITY TO CHECK IN ONLINE, by making so difficult or almost impossible there is no chance to get a seat assignment ahead of time then go to the airport and get what is left. THIS IS NOT a SKY TEAM modality.

China Eastern as a member of Sky Alliance airlines should have the same standards overall of their partners, Besides the seats comforts everything else is bellow the standard for a business class travelers.

Flying in the United States with the major airlines has become so underwhelming. A 2-3hr flight in most other parts of the world with the major carriers of the area comes with newer, CLEANER aircraft and significantly better in flight service in terms of both staff attitude and a actual meal service.

On time departure and early arrival. Flight attendant very nice.

As we approached Denver, we encountered quite a bit of turbulence. I know this can sometimes be the case as I frequently fly this route but not on American. My gripe: Usually a pilot or co-pilot alerts passengers to the possibility of turbulance ahead of time. This did not occur nor did he communiucate during what was a pretty rough ride.

The staff was nice. I appreciated that I was able to take an earlier flight, even though it was last minute. The boarding process felt rather chaotic.

Overall a good experience, however Wifi was not working on the flight.

For a 4 1/2 hour international flight all we got was 1 small pack of cookies and a drink. You had to watch movies on your own devise.

Airlines should be prohibited from using the seats they get away with.

My flight got delayed a total of five times. And the boarding gate changed four times. most of the time the platform was not up-to-date with the changes taking place. The most discouraging part of the entire trip by far.

Flight left early and arrived 30 MINUTES early at the destination. Smooth trip.

American delayed the flight for a crew rest period. The delay occurred late in the evening - the earliest i can find is 10:20 pm. With a 6 am flight anyone on the flight would have already have been asleep (unless you are insane, a vampire or on drugs) and at least for me i was already on the way to the airport at 445 am the next morning when i discovered they delayed the flight until 9 am. Given the incoming flight was in the air at 6 pm the evening before this should have been figured out a lot more timely that was there only crew to use. Just frustrating given there is no consideration for customer experience anymore in flying.

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