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Cheapest round-trip
$225
Typical prices: $205-$402
Frontier
Tue 10/27Tue 11/3
DTW - PHX • 2 stops
Cheapest non-stop
$225
Typical prices: $205-$396
Frontier
Mon 10/12Sat 10/17
DTW - PHX • Non-stop
Arrival airport
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Cheap Flights from Detroit to Tempe (DTT-PHX)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Detroit to Tempe 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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Detroit to Tempe

Tue, Oct 27 - Tue, Nov 3
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6:50 am - 5:35 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
13h 45m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Denver Intl
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7:00 am - 12:58 pmPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
3h 58mnonstop
$225Frontier
Fri, Sep 4 - Sat, Sep 26
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7:55 pm - 9:04 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
4h 09mnonstop
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3:22 pm - 9:52 amPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
15h 30m1 stop Dallas/Fort Worth
$225Frontier
Wed, Dec 2 - Sat, Dec 5
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9:23 pm - 11:57 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
4h 34mnonstop
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11:32 am - 9:47 pmPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
8h 15m1 stop Fort Lauderdale
$238Multiple Airlines
Tue, Dec 1 - Sun, Dec 6
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5:49 pm - 8:34 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
4h 45mnonstop
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5:02 pm - 10:51 pmPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
3h 49mnonstop
$239American Airlines
Sun, Nov 8 - Sun, Dec 6
American Airlines Logo
7:25 am - 10:01 amDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
4h 36mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
5:02 pm - 10:51 pmPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
3h 49mnonstop
$239American Airlines
Thu, Sep 3 - Sun, Sep 6
Delta Logo
8:55 am - 10:01 amDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
4h 06mnonstop
Delta Logo
11:05 pm - 5:51 amPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
3h 46mnonstop
$239Delta
Wed, Nov 11 - Tue, Nov 17
Delta Logo
8:29 am - 10:53 amDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
4h 24mnonstop
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11:59 pm - 5:40 amPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
3h 41mnonstop
$239Delta
Fri, Oct 30 - Mon, Nov 2
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1:55 pm - 4:45 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
5h 50m1 stop Denver Intl
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5:45 am - 12:50 pmPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
5h 05m1 stop Lambert-St Louis
$254Southwest
Thu, Sep 3 - Sun, Sep 6
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7:20 pm - 10:25 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
6h 05m1 stop Nashville Intl
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12:35 am - 10:30 amPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
6h 55m1 stop Chicago Midway
$259Southwest
Sun, Nov 8 - Fri, Nov 13
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6:34 pm - 11:43 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
7h 09m1 stop Minneapolis St Paul
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7:00 am - 12:58 pmPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
3h 58mnonstop
$261Multiple Airlines
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Low season

July

Cheapest flight

$129
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 10% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
Flight from Detroit to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport

When to book flights from Detroit to Tempe

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FAQs for booking flights from Detroit to Tempe

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Detroit to Tempe?

    When flying out of Detroit you’ll be using Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County. Tempe does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl airport, which is 3.5 mi away.

  • How long does a flight from Detroit to Tempe take?

    Direct flights cover the 1,683 miles separating Detroit and Tempe in about 4h 03m.

  • How many flights are there between Detroit and Tempe?

    18 direct flights run between Detroit and Tempe on a daily basis. On average, there are about 127 departures each week.

  • What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly between Detroit and Tempe?

    Consider leaving on a Sunday and avoid Saturdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Detroit, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Mondays.

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

    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 Tempe.

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

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

    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 Tempe with an airline and back to Detroit with another airline.

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

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

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Detroit to Tempe?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest one-way ticket between Detroit and Tempe found on KAYAK was with Frontier for $55. Frontier offered a round-trip connection from $71 and JetBlue from $198.

Top tips for finding cheap flights from Detroit to Tempe

  • There is no airport in Tempe. Instead, you’ll be flying into Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport when flying between Detroit and Tempe.
  • The cheapest flight from Detroit to Tempe was found 42 days before departure, on average.
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be February, March and April. The cheapest month to fly is January.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving Detroit to Tempe

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Detroit to Tempe? 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
SouthwestOverall score based on 4215 reviews
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
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I think Southwest is the number one airline that anyone can fly I have flown for the first time Frontier and what a joke and their customer service United was a very strange experience I'm only sticking to Southwest from here on out for sure

10.0 Excellentkelly, Jul 2026
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I think Southwest is the number one airline that anyone can fly I have flown for the first time Frontier and what a joke and their customer service United was a very strange experience I'm only sticking to Southwest from here on out for sure

The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

Great flight from Seattle to Phoenix and to Chicago-Midway from Phoenix

It was good from LAX to Phoenix, But the connection in Phoenix to Tulsa was not that great. The staff on both flights were great. The choice of free entertainment was ok nothing to brag about. The 45 min delay because of some electrical issue wasn't great from Phoenix to Tulsa. We sat there with hardly any air, The seat I had was between windows so the side of the plane pushed in on you. My being a bigger man it then made the seating area uncomfortable. The seats on the plane had no power to connect to recharge your phone or anything. I would recommend that they should look into a slot or clamp to hold your phone to enjoy while watching the entertainment choices hands-free. Also make it possible to raise the inner seat by the window be able to raise the arm rest up to make more room for larger people to set more comfortably. I would also say other then that stop price gouging the airfare or nickel and diming everything. Not fair for people having to fly for emergencies and be paying for higher prices due to the season or holidays. Your making your money either way and the cost of flying is still going to be the same regardless if there's 100 people or 200 people.

Flight boarded late after announcing on time boarding. Flight arrived only a little late despite late departure. Had trouble connecting to WiFi

The Southwest experience has definitely taken a dive from its early days. You can no longer deferentiate from other airlines. Air travel is too expensive. Southwest is no longer budget friendly. They have lost me as a loyal customer.

Still need to work out the kinks on the new assigned seating boarding process. Otherwise, a very good flight.

Southwest's seats are the least comfortable I have ever sat in.

Southwest is a discount airline. I get it. You take the (usually) good pricing with the bad (cramped). But Southwest is becoming more and more like the cut-rate airlines *cough* Spirit *cough*. It used to actually be a fun experience. e.g. paying for WiFi is bad enough - having to pay for it on each leg of a flight is ridiculous. Yes, I've seen your numbers that it only "impacts a small percentage", but you and I both know that is misleading at best. While I used to try to fly SW exclusively when flying domestically, now I'll look elsewhere very frequently and price being equal (or close) I'm going to the other carriers.

The meal tray was not usable it was completely uneven

Chaotic boarding at these gates, multiple gates squeezed in at the very end of a concourse, behind a restaurant. Agents gave up on boarding by individual zones. Flight itself was uneventful, which is all we hope for any more.

Weather in Atlanta necessitated an hour's hold on the tarmac before we could leave Detroit. The plane was packed, and I expected some surliness. But no! The crew was fantastic (jovial even!), responsive to people's needs, and kept us informed. Consequently, the passengers took the delay in stride, and what could have been an ugly situation turned out to be no more than a minor inconvenience. The crew were the stars here.

The flight was mostly smooth and direct (although it was 2 hours late). The glow of the flight attendant’s phone was annoying as I tried to sleep on this midnight flight.

Everything about this flight was good except for the very end when I reached my destination. Everyone from the tune to the wheelchair escorts were great with the case were great but I miss you with people at the check in this at the very end. I need help from the chicken desk because I forgot my pillow on the plane The female worker at the chicken desk said that they found my pillow and she was going to retrieve it for me. She left a 30 minutes without any update and her so she saw me walking back and forth waiting for her and they didn't even bother calling her or radioing her for any updates. They were busy because they were behind schedule and they were overwhelmed but thanks because at least glanced me and try to give me an update just a quick radio check or phone call. I don't care about the pillow but if you tell me to wait, I waited for at least half an hour before I said something and I just left because they wouldn't bother talking to me so I could, so everything's going in the review. I took pictures of the two men that were left working at the check-in counter. The totally ignored me despite the signals I've been giving them. I don't see any offers in the kayak review to add pictures or screenshots so I'm going to post another review I don't know their name but I'm pretty sure Delta will find other names when they see the review. Google with pictures. There was another guy at the chicken counter bring an orange workers vest who finally left after telling me that the girl that was retrieving my pillow is working the gates now. That would have been if they just told me that's what happened. But I had no update. Make me wait for nothing. Thank you Delta airlines!

Crew was real good, flight was smooth and came in early.

Should never have had to go to Detroit from Orlando back to Tennessee!

Free & relatively fast Wi-Fi. Would've liked a wider drink selection.

Smooth flight. Left on time, and got in 15 minutes early. Onboard video was great

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

I was so hungry. No meals. Staff very nice. Seat arms armed too tight and didn’t go up. I was scheduled for First class, but was put on Standby, even though I made my reservation a while ago. Thank you.

Everything was done like clockwork and I find no fault with the airline.

The passenger in front of of me reclined their seat back all the way the entire flight. Their headrest was in my face the entire flight! I barely had room for the little plastic cup of water to fit on my tray table; can you make the seats and space between the rows any smaller??? You can’t even get up to use the restroom! Worst flight I’ve had in a very long time!

I was on a small regional flight from Detroit to Philadelphia. When we landed the outside cruise needed to turn something off with the engine, which took quite a long time. Then, when they allowed us to get off the plane it was outside. They took their time, unloading all the luggage and waited till they unloaded all the luggage before they brought it over to us. It was 9 o’clock at night freezing cold out, and there was no proactive hustle to try to get people their luggage. It was really one of the worst experiences I think I’ve ever had with American until a manager came over. I don’t think they were going to even consider pulling the luggage over to the people that had been waiting outside for at least 10 minutes in the freezing cold.

It was a good trip. Flight Attendants were friendly and responsive.

The trip was very smooth and they provided great customer service

It was on time, which is always a good thing. There wasn’t any food hence my okay rating.

It was a crazy day with a lot of delays and gate changes. Not a huge fan of the Charlotte hub at all.

We have been delayed and postponed 2days and nights…and still do not have our flight until tomorrow..

American Airlines is awful!! Will never fly with them again. Connection flight left early leaving 22 people in Charlotte with no way to get to Key West for 24 hours. Would not provide hotel or any other accommodations. Bags were delayed two days.

Jet Blue cancelled my flight after I had boarded. They attempted to rebook me for a new flight two days later. I was able to rebook with a different airline, but not until the next morning. As such, I was forced to get an expensive hotel and missed important work meetings Monday morning. I am very disappointed with the customer service and will be pursuing full reimbursement for my hotel cost.

You did a great job rescheduling my cancelled flight. However, you made me pay for two seats for $118 even though the seats on the original flight were free. I think that was a very unfair thing to do.

They cancelled the flight after 5 hours at the airport and the only flight they offered was for the next day with a 7.5 layover in fll. This was not going to work for me as this was only a weekend trip and getting into providence at 10 pm a day later caused me to lose Mo ey on hotels money on airport parking a dog sitter etc. they wouldn’t offer any type of a voucher or anything else. All they did was refund the flight which didn’t help me with all the money in time I lost. I was going to see my very sick father

You should have had Wifi to make it much enjoyable.

Given us a free miles or free flight for waiting for 9 hours I didn’t get home till 5am in the morning and I was supposed to be home at 9:30 touch down.

The crew for the flight was A+ top notch. They were friendly and professional and made the flight a very relaxing and enjoable.

Flight was delayed by almost 5 hours. Suitcase was not loaded despite the flight being near empty (my colleagues’ suitcases did reach JFK, unlike mine). Had to argue on phone to get JetBlue to deliver the case to my hotel. Never again

Great. Loved that there was WiFi on flight to keep in touch and excellent service of beverages and snacks.

I had back trouble prior to my flight and everyone was great about helping me.

One of the worst experience. People from Saudi in general show nasty attitudes. They act like they own us. Or the world is theirs. Rude behaviors aren't acceptable. They have a bad accident and don't even know how to speak properly but they blame me for that and makes fun of me and laughs when I said I'm going to BANGLADESH.

Plane was hot and miserable and the crew was rude!

12 hour delay required getting on and off plane 3 times - would have at least liked to have been offered a snack or drink

They switched our terminal 3 times and we were delayed for four plus hours!!!

The flight never took off and we spent 7 hours at the airport

Gate not determined until I got to the airport - hard to plan the trip to the airport.

Very well recently! Frontier is improving and less harrassing customer on luggages! Positive!

Just know that everything, and I mean everything is “ala cart”. 60$ just to put something in the overhead bin. I will never fly Frontier again nor do I recommend them to anyone else.

Seats were extremely uncomfortable and it was very hot on the plane.

Xmas Day- Flights were on time for departure and arrival, baggage check in and boarding process were hassle free, baggage also arrived without any delay. Satisfied customer on this journey.

Boarded late, no communication as to why, a lot of turbulence

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