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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$1,268
Guangzhou
Guangzhou2 stops$1,128
Chengdu
Chengdu2 stops$2,305
Shenzhen
Shenzhen2 stops$1,197
Shenyang
Shenyang2 stops$1,221
Chongqing
Chongqing2 stops$1,617
Hangzhou
Hangzhou2 stops$1,582
Qingdao
Qingdao2 stops$1,240
Wuhan
Wuhan2 stops$1,250
Xi'an
Xi'an2 stops$1,599
Xiamen
Xiamen2 stops$1,221
Nanjing
Nanjing2 stops$1,241
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou2 stops$1,197
Changsha
Changsha2 stops$1,221
Harbin
Harbin3 stops$2,164
Shanghai
Shanghai2 stops$1,268
Guangzhou
Guangzhou2 stops$1,128
Chengdu
Chengdu2 stops$2,305
Shenzhen
Shenzhen2 stops$1,197
Shenyang
Shenyang2 stops$1,221
Chongqing
Chongqing2 stops$1,617
Hangzhou
Hangzhou2 stops$1,582
Qingdao
Qingdao2 stops$1,240
Wuhan
Wuhan2 stops$1,250
Xi'an
Xi'an2 stops$1,599
Xiamen
Xiamen2 stops$1,221
Nanjing
Nanjing2 stops$1,241
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou2 stops$1,197
Changsha
Changsha2 stops$1,221
Harbin
Harbin3 stops$2,164

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

Thu, Oct 1 - Mon, Oct 12
Korean Air Logo
8:30 am - 9:30 pm
DTW
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PEK
25h 00m
2 stops
Korean Air Logo
1:30 am - 1:57 pm
PEK
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DTW
24h 27m
2 stops
$1,109Korean Air
Mon, Oct 12 - Tue, Oct 27
Korean Air Logo
7:00 am - 9:30 pm
DTW
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PEK
26h 30m
2 stops
Korean Air Logo
1:30 am - 1:57 pm
PEK
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DTW
24h 27m
2 stops
$1,122Korean Air
Wed, Sep 30 - Tue, Oct 13
Korean Air Logo
10:00 am - 9:40 am
DTW
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PEK
35h 40m
2 stops
Korean Air Logo
1:30 am - 11:41 am
PEK
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DTW
46h 11m
2 stops
$1,128Korean Air
Mon, Oct 19 - Mon, Nov 9
Korean Air Logo
10:00 am - 11:30 am
DTW
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CAN
37h 30m
2 stops
Korean Air Logo
1:15 pm - 9:30 am
CAN
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DTW
57h 15m
2 stops
$1,128Korean Air
Mon, Aug 31 - Thu, Dec 10
China Eastern Logo
8:32 am - 10:50 pm
DTW
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FOC
26h 18m
2 stops
China Eastern Logo
7:25 am - 7:14 pm
FOC
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DTW
24h 49m
2 stops
$1,179China Eastern
Mon, Aug 31 - Wed, Sep 16
China Eastern Logo
8:32 am - 10:15 am
DTW
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PEK
37h 43m
2 stops
China Eastern Logo
7:00 am - 11:04 pm
PEK
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DTW
28h 04m
2 stops
$1,197China Eastern
Wed, Sep 23 - Thu, Oct 1
Cathay Pacific Logo
7:35 pm - 10:15 am
DTW
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FOC
26h 40m
2 stops
Cathay Pacific Logo
11:30 am - 3:17 pm
FOC
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DTW
39h 47m
2 stops
$1,200Cathay Pacific
Sat, May 2 - Tue, Jun 9
ANA Logo
7:15 am - 12:15 pm
DTW
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SHA
41h 00m
2 stops
ANA Logo
1:35 pm - 2:34 pm
SHA
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DTW
36h 59m
2 stops
$1,555ANA
Fri, Jul 10 - Fri, Jul 24
Cathay Pacific Logo
1:04 pm - 12:05 pm
DTW
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SHA
35h 01m
2 stops
Cathay Pacific Logo
4:50 pm - 11:41 pm
SHA
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DTW
42h 51m
2 stops
$1,604Cathay Pacific
Mon, Sep 28 - Thu, Oct 8
American Airlines Logo
5:40 am - 9:05 pm
DTW
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CGO
27h 25m
3 stops
American Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 9:12 am
CGO
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DTW
36h 42m
3 stops
$2,383American 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 $1,621 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 $1,621.

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 $2,074 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 March, when tickets cost $479 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,129 and $1,048 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 4% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.

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.

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  • 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.

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 1200 reviews
8.0Entertainment
8.7Crew
8.5Boarding
8.2Comfort
7.7Food
Airline reviews

The ladies are great seats should be a little bigger!

10.0 ExcellentJINJI JOO, Apr 2026
LAX - NRT
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The ladies are great seats should be a little bigger!

Couple of hours delayed, we had to re-booked our Shinkansen reservation twice. United Aiines need to improve their time!

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 flight was operated by Latam. The aircraft had a technical issue and the flight was delayed for the next day. They grounded other passengers to get their airplane assigned to my flight. Most of he ground staff don't speak English (Orlando Airport), but were very polite.The crew on the other hand could speak English and Portuguese. On board service was good.

The agent at check in and at the gate were less than thrilled to be at work. I'm not a fan of Kayak's placement on the plane. I got put in the middle seat and none of my preferences were used.

In ATL they have two sets of departure screens. Follow what is on your airline's departure board - the ATL Airport Authority departure board had completely incorrect details about the gate assignment for my flight, which would have made me miss boarding.

Flight was delayed it was hot while sitting on the plane, one engine was working on the plane until they had to do some jimmy rigging down the runway in order for the other engine to charge up. It was ridiculous

The flight was very good and the staff was very friendly and helpful!

The only thing I would say is we tried to get on a standby earlier flight, but with our fair we couldn’t. That seems senseless to leave with open seats..

Very easy to use and convenient, you can perform any action within the same portal

In a world of delays, Delta was on time both ways! Boarding was fast and efficient. Staff was friendly. AND wifi worked.

WiFi didn’t work. Flight delayed 3 hours Crew members were illiterate Seat lean back did not work.

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.

I do not think there was much that could have been done to make it better. The delayed flight was due to bad weather. The turbulent patches were very unavoidable. Am simply thankful that there were no sudden and / or sharp drops during the flight. I do extend my compliments to captain Marcus I believe was his name and the rest of the crew. They all did an excellent job. My only question is whether I get a refund since the seats I had chosen and paid for were reassigned.

Missed our flight with Cathay due to late Westjet plane and chaotic Toronto airport. Had to clear customs get bags and re check bags in an hour. Did not make it got lost not clear signage with bag drop off. West jet only allowed 1 checked bag for this international fluid. Cathay checked my second bag for free.

Everything and everyone were excellent except for the charge for using WiFi; there was no escape from this fee except to not use it.

The crew and the food were excellent. The plane was kept quite clean.

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.

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.

Left early arrived early..right amount of talking from pilots..of course had to love the biscuit and water!

I would like a refund for the extra cost the seat I paid for. An oversized person sat next to me and I couldn’t fit on my seat and had to move to another seat.

Boarding gate at LAX was too crowded—two gates next to one another

The flight was delayed about an hour for a maintenance specialist to approve the maintenance repair

This flight was delayed but it worked in my favor because my Atlanta to Dallas flight was delayed.

This was a hard flight. 3 delays out of OKC (1 on the Tarmac). Delay in Atlanta coming to Dallas. total travel time was the equivalent of driving from OKC to Atlanta.

Like: flights are on time, good boarding process Can improve: planes are old, improve entertainment and make space more comfortable

Had to wait for a gate for a long time, then waited on the run way for a long time before leaving. The actual flights part was good.

The airplane was an old model, the overhead didn’t have enough room for people’s items and made boarding and boarding disappointing and stressful. Crew allowed passengers to bring more than the permitted baggage sizes.

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.

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