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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
Shanghai2 stops$888
Guangzhou
Guangzhou2 stops$1,236
Chengdu
Chengdu2 stops$1,044
Shenyang
Shenyang2 stops$1,442
Shenzhen
Shenzhen2 stops$1,016
Chongqing
Chongqing2 stops$1,439
Qingdao
Qingdao2 stops$1,078
Wuhan
Wuhan2 stops$2,529
Hangzhou
Hangzhou2 stops$1,145
Xi'an
Xi'an2 stops$2,580
Xiamen
Xiamen2 stops$1,134
Nanjing
Nanjing2 stops$1,059
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou2 stops$2,593
Changsha
Changsha2 stops$1,246
Dalian
Dalian2 stops$1,706
Shanghai
Shanghai2 stops$888
Guangzhou
Guangzhou2 stops$1,236
Chengdu
Chengdu2 stops$1,044
Shenyang
Shenyang2 stops$1,442
Shenzhen
Shenzhen2 stops$1,016
Chongqing
Chongqing2 stops$1,439
Qingdao
Qingdao2 stops$1,078
Wuhan
Wuhan2 stops$2,529
Hangzhou
Hangzhou2 stops$1,145
Xi'an
Xi'an2 stops$2,580
Xiamen
Xiamen2 stops$1,134
Nanjing
Nanjing2 stops$1,059
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou2 stops$2,593
Changsha
Changsha2 stops$1,246
Dalian
Dalian2 stops$1,706

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, Jan 20 - Tue, Feb 3
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11:28 am - 2:10 pm
DTW
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PEK
37h 42m2 stops
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6:55 am - 5:12 am
PEK
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DTW
35h 17m2 stops
$883Multiple Airlines
Wed, Jan 7 - Tue, Jan 27
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9:46 am - 9:50 pm
DTW
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PEK
47h 04m2 stops
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8:30 am - 9:02 pm
PEK
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DTW
25h 32m2 stops
$885Multiple Airlines
Sun, Jan 11 - Sat, Jan 24
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6:15 pm - 8:25 pm
DTW
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PVG
37h 10m2 stops
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8:50 am - 9:02 pm
PVG
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DTW
25h 12m2 stops
$888Multiple Airlines
Sun, Jan 11 - Sat, Jan 24
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7:00 am - 4:25 pm
DTW
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PVG
20h 25m1 stop
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6:25 pm - 12:30 pm
PVG
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DTW
31h 05m1 stop
$957American Airlines
Sat, Jan 24 - Sun, Feb 22
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7:00 am - 4:25 pm
DTW
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PVG
20h 25m1 stop
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6:25 pm - 11:16 pm
PVG
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DTW
17h 51m1 stop
$964American Airlines
Mon, Feb 16 - Thu, Mar 12
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7:29 pm - 5:45 pm
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PVG
33h 16m2 stops
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7:10 am - 9:15 pm
PVG
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DTW
26h 05m2 stops
$1,005Cathay Pacific
Tue, Mar 3 - Mon, Mar 16
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3:58 pm - 8:55 pm
DTW
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SHA
39h 57m2 stops
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10:30 pm - 9:15 pm
SHA
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DTW
34h 45m2 stops
$1,009Cathay Pacific
Tue, Mar 10 - Tue, Sep 8
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8:25 am - 11:15 pm
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FOC
26h 50m2 stops
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7:55 am - 11:04 pm
FOC
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DTW
27h 09m2 stops
$1,061China Eastern
Tue, Mar 24 - Sun, Apr 5
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8:25 am - 9:50 pm
DTW
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PEK
25h 25m2 stops
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7:30 pm - 10:54 pm
PEK
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DTW
39h 24m2 stops
$1,067China Eastern
Tue, Feb 10 - Thu, Feb 26
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5:15 pm - 5:25 pm
DTW
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SZX
35h 10m2 stops
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6:45 pm - 4:26 pm
SZX
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DTW
34h 41m2 stops
$1,212China Airlines
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 $788 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 $788.

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.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $1,577 on average.

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 March, when tickets cost $1,286 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,460 and $2,231 respectively.

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

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

For Detroit to China, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from China back to Detroit, the best deals are generally found on Tuesday, with Friday being the most expensive.

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$424
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 6% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 12% lower on average.
Flight from Detroit to Shanghai Pudong Airport

FAQs - booking China flights

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

    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 China.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Detroit to China 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 China?

    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 China 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 China?

    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 China 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 China?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to China is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $1,091 on average. Morning departures are around 3% more expensive than evening flights, 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.

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.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 8009 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
7.3Food
7.9Entertainment
7.9Comfort
Airline reviews

Great. I had to modify a flight. That was easy and free. Thank You

10.0 ExcellentOlumuyiwa, Dec 2025
DTW - ATL
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Great. I had to modify a flight. That was easy and free. Thank You

I noticed that the planes seem to be outdated. There was no entertainment per se. Also, the waiting area did not have any working electrical outlets

None of the airplane features were available during the flight.

Original flight was cancelled and when i was rebooked by the airline, they couldn't seat me in the same type of seat as I had originally booked (went from window/aisle to middle/middle and one was a bulkhead seat, and other wasn't in the same class)

Lady Pilot was perfect in every way wheels up to wheels down communication, professionalism, excellent on time departure and on time arrival, excellent communication! Fantastic job with Superb attitude!!

The food is terrible. The staff is wonderful. Comfort is good.

Left on time, a bit delayed due to headwinds most of the trip.

I fly Delta all the time, have Platinum Medallion status. But this route seems to have major problems with delays and seems to never leave on time! Have only taken it twice in the last two weeks, and each time it had delays of more than 1 hour... very disappointed!!!!

Getting to the flight was arduous and lengthy. The flight itself was good but the food option wasn’t a good selection. I need to do a Kosher option on my return. Flight crew were nice

Good seats in Main cabin, excellent service and excellent landing

one hour transit not good. cathay pacific is not helpful at all

Trip was fine. My only complaint was that when the passenger in front of me reclined her seat (which was, in essence, the whole flight except landing and take-off,) it was uncomfortably claustrophobic for me and very difficult for my husband to get in and out of his window seat. Also uncomfortable to watch the entertainment because the screen was right in your face.

My flight was suppose to be at 7:45pm to fly but it didnt fly out until 8:55 to dallas so then all of my other flights was late and delay ihad to wait at the airport for extra 14 hours to be able to get on a different plane

There were delays at boarding and landing. These events resulted in a tight transfer time in HK. Poor signage for transfers. Finally, lost luggage at final destination.

It was good. The planes needed to be updated though, they were dated and the entertainment systems were old. Service was amazing. The pre-booked meals were lacklustre.

Super delayed. Unnecessary. Need more competent people doing logistics to keep things moving on time. Totally unacceptable.

Overall, not good. Super late boarding in Hong Kong because some last minute issue with a plane. The boarding process is chaotic. Kathy Pacific should seek to do better with punctual departure time. Caused a lot of trouble with missed connecting flight.

The morning in Hong Kong was ridiculous. Very chaotic. The flight was delayed. Missed connecting flights. Kathy should be more competent in getting the planes ready ahead of time so that flights can depart on time.. totally ridiculous and unnecessary. Very poor performance.

Flew from lax economy on cathay 777. Seat configuration 3-4-3. When the forward seat reclines it feels like someone is leaning forward and staring you. If you are slightly big tray tables will touch your abdomen even with seats upright. AVOID this above 777 configuration at all cost for a long flight. However their Airbus 350 3-3-3 configuration felt spacious and Seats wider.

Well- trained, cheerful onboard staff. Business class seating and storage were excellent. Outstanding range of food choices, though quality ranged from just OK (seasonal rice and beef dish) to outstanding ( congee and soup noodles with beef brisket). But what can you expect; it's on a plane. I couldn't figure out the remote control, but touch screen worked well. My wife and I (in our 60s), didnt find much to watch from the Entertainment choices. We mostly watched the flight maps. The bedding did the job but is unwieldy and ends up in a clump, with one-third falling on the floor.

it was like a banya -so hot... They did provide a great experience with special food. one toilet broke midflight In general it was a peaceful and relaxing flight - for business class it was good.

Chicago to Istanbul was a much better experience than I expected since I’m more accustomed to Qatar Airways business class. The business lounge in the Istanbul airport was amazing - loved the lockers and phone charging stations, and the bathroom was a spa experience in itself. The onward leg from Istanbul to Karachi was utterly disappointing. Terrible plane, and I felt like I was in economy - the seats don’t come near to lying flat and the food was mediocre. What a sad downgrade - it isn’t as though the ticket on that leg was cheaper. So, on that front, there’s no contest with Qatar airways.

Second leg of Turkish Airline with Indigo is disaster for following reason. 1) You have to carry your cabin bags through ladder to boeing 777 because it was parked somewhere in parking lot and was not given a gate to board passengers and this seems to be people traveling to and fro from those flights and is not issue with flight itself. 2) I choose non vegetarian food on Turkish portal way ahead of checkin to entire trip, However the Indigo flight gave me random veg food saying they code veg food code from Turkish. 3) Indigo did not served any alcoholic beverages stating some weird reason which is non nonsensical. 4)Indigo have TV screens in front of you but it displays nothing except "Welcome Onboard" with annoying white black ground in dark flight. This is the most stupidest and annoying part because you are held hostage for 7 hours and only thing you could do is stare back at white screen which does not have entertainment package or even flight tracker. Such a shame.

nice and clean plane but the seats and the comfort was not what i expected. i expected more based on all the ads and reviews that i've read. I guess you get what you pay for in economy.

Overall it was good. Food was bad. I ordered gluten free vegetarian meal. But I got gluten free chicken for my long flight from Seattle to Istanbul. I don’t eat any kind of meat. Second meal I got eggplant with meat which I couldn’t eat. I don’t understand why we can’t get gluten free vegetarian meal for a 12 hour flight. I eat the bread and that was it.

Worse worse worse, i would not recommend this airline to anyone. Istanbul airport maybe State of the Art facility but staff is rude, only works if they get tips, and they push you to give tips even though my family had spent $50 in tips. Airline staff doesn't speak english so you really can't understand them. It was a nightmare travelling with Turkish. Never again.

As a big guy the seats are way too small for me. Would prefer more comfortable seats on these long haul flights.

My flight was canceled 1 minute before boarding. The customer service was owful, no one could tell us what was going happened. I spent 30hrs instead of 15 from Washington DC to Brussels. No apologie or help

Boeing 777 is a bad choice for a such a long flight.

The staff at IST airport could have been more helpful. Too much wasted time and the plane from IST to KHI was just horrible. The plane was not clean and smelled bad!

Did not understand a single word the attendant said on the pa system. I was glad it was not an emergency.

Flight was late and boarding was confusing because gate changed and I didn’t get a notification

Gate was overcrowded. Gate agents performed very well. Flight crew was top notch! Efficient & professional & courteous. Both meals not thermalized well. Dinner main dish was actually cold in the center. Almost inedible. Breakfast sandwich was lukewarm.

The boarding was as always, the crew tried their best but not enough. The food was a disaster I had dietary restrictions that were half met because the company did not loaded the food for the flight. The entertainment screen was fine but content was not and also they removed the free messaging option from the flight and they charged 30 dollars for that crappy bandwidth. This flight is not worth the cost and the company is going down on quality.

Not comparable to Qatar Airways services on flights to Doha. Flight attendants provided basic services; I was never recognized by name or as an Executive Platinum member. Restrooms were not kept clean during the flight.

Awful. They won’t help me with anything. I booked on American but they abdicated to Iberia. The ticket was overpriced. Everything negative

it was fine, decent flight... dont get food besides cookies or pretzels so not sure why you ask about food. same for entertainment..

I got sick nothing contagious but distressing and the care I received by Kayla? Keighly the flight attendant will be memorable for ever. Thank You

I got sick nothing contagious but distressing enough and the care I received on the flight was astounding.

Waaay too small plane. They also need to up the size of the overhead bins. I would love to keep me 3k with of camera equipment in my hard case baggahe instead of it being thrown into the belly of the plane

Small plane with only two lavatories at the back. You must have a good plan to use it before or after the meal, if you make a bad decision, you will end up with standing in front of the toilet for a while till the food carts empty. The good thing is even there’s a slightly delayed, the plane is still arriving on time which is superb!!

The only personel that smiled at all were the flights attendants. Desk agents, lounge people none of them had a smile or even a hello. They were like dealing with dead fish. Again flight attendants were good. All other personnel looked like they didn’t want to be there or help.

good flight. food is only so so. I actually did not eat the snack. it does not look too good on the passenger next to me.

Food no variations only beef of chicken no veggie meals

Super surprised with the entire experience. Business class is incredible. Flight attendants around the world could learn customer service from these people. Simply fabulous experience all the way around.

Pillow and blanket are dirty. My son got multiple bites during the flight

Flight was on time. My group paid for seat’s so that us four can be seated next to each other. We all got separated. We all got middle seats, which made it more difficult to be able to get up and stretch or use the restroom. We tried talking to the employees at China Eastern and they were of no help. We will not be taking this flight or recommend this route to others in the future. Also I will be contacting customer service on how I can get our money back for paying for assigned seats.

China eastern was fantastic. I had read so many bad reviews that had made me nervous. However, I found that the flight attendant’s, and customer service check in etc. etc. was excellent. I had no problems. I would fly with them again!

Excellent! I had read some negative reviews but I found out that it was not all was not true! The staff was courteous and helpful. The flight take off and landing was nice & easy. The food was good! I asked for a second and I got it easily and without an attitude! All was wonderful!

Excellent experience however older aeroplanes used by China Eastern Airlines.

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