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$53 Find Cheap Flights from Orange County to Detroit

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Cheapest round-trip
$109
Overall average: $593
Spirit Airlines
Mon 3/2Mon 3/9
SNA - DTW • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$539
Typical prices: $449-$707
Delta
Wed 6/10Fri 7/31
SNA - DTW • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Orange County to Detroit

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Orange County to Detroit 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 Orange County to Detroit

Mon, Mar 2 - Mon, Mar 9
Spirit Airlines Logo
4:37 pm - 4:30 am
SNA
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DTW
8h 53m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:01 am - 3:42 pm
DTW
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SNA
9h 41m
1 stop
$109Spirit Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Mon, Mar 9
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:45 am - 11:57 pm
SNA
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DTW
14h 12m
2 stops
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:01 am - 8:57 pm
DTW
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SNA
14h 56m
1 stop
$139Spirit Airlines
Mon, Mar 23 - Mon, Mar 30
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:54 pm - 12:29 am
SNA
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DTW
27h 35m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:54 am - 9:53 am
DTW
-
SNA
24h 59m
2 stops
$185Multiple Airlines
Thu, Apr 30 - Mon, May 4
Frontier Logo
11:32 am - 9:41 pm
SNA
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DTW
7h 09m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
6:00 am - 1:44 pm
DTW
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SNA
10h 44m
1 stop
$190Frontier
Mon, Mar 23 - Sun, Mar 29
Frontier Logo
5:54 pm - 12:29 am
SNA
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DTW
27h 35m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
10:27 pm - 10:47 am
DTW
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SNA
15h 20m
1 stop
$194Frontier
Mon, Mar 2 - Thu, Mar 12
Multiple Airlines Logo
4:37 pm - 4:30 am
SNA
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DTW
8h 53m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 10:17 am
DTW
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SNA
7h 17m
1 stop
$196Multiple Airlines
Wed, Mar 4 - Wed, Mar 11
Delta Logo
1:15 pm - 12:09 am
LGB
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DTW
7h 54m
1 stop
Delta Logo
12:15 pm - 4:19 pm
DTW
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LGB
7h 04m
1 stop
$389Delta
Sat, Mar 28 - Mon, Apr 13
Southwest Logo
7:00 am - 5:00 pm
LGB
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DTW
7h 00m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
8:40 am - 12:25 pm
DTW
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LGB
6h 45m
1 stop
$469Southwest
Sat, Mar 28 - Mon, Apr 13
Southwest Logo
7:50 am - 7:35 pm
LGB
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DTW
8h 45m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
3:00 pm - 6:55 pm
DTW
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LGB
6h 55m
1 stop
$474Southwest
Wed, Jul 22 - Wed, Jul 29
Delta Logo
12:59 pm - 12:02 am
LGB
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DTW
8h 03m
1 stop
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 12:11 pm
DTW
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LGB
8h 11m
1 stop
$495Delta
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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$53
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 18% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 7% lower on average.
Flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Detroit

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Orange County to Detroit

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Orange County to Detroit? 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 4272 reviews
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
Airline reviews

The wifi on the plane is great. The only issue that I have is that I prefer an aisle seat and on my trips this week, I was either in the middle or window. If we can work to secure aisle seating, I will be thrilled. Nice trip.

8.0 ExcellentJoseph, Jan 2026
LGB - PHX
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The wifi on the plane is great. The only issue that I have is that I prefer an aisle seat and on my trips this week, I was either in the middle or window. If we can work to secure aisle seating, I will be thrilled. Nice trip.

Great flight but super high price. Glad it was a business trip and not personal

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

We got exit row seats both flights. Everything was running on time

The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Sacrament staff are always polite and helpful. Airport is easy to maneuver and boarding is straightforward.

Delta One is extraordinary. I fly business when somebody hires me. I just wonder why there is such a chasm between business class and the insanely inhumane and nonsensical coach. The seats are not large enough to fit even my tiny wife. We fly 10% of what we did because we don’t want to pay 5-10 k but for $400 it’s unbearable. It seems like the accountants took over and made stupid decisions. Screw in 20 extra seats and make it so unbearable that people fly 90% less. Just put the damn price up and put some proper chairs in. But business, yay.

Very convenient considering that is a non-stop flight, but the Aeromexico still has old model planes, so the entertainment was very poor and the space for carry-on luggage was very limited.

This long-haul international flight was the most comfortable among any of the same kind of flight operated by an American-headquartered airline - second to none!

Outdated equipment in disrepair, wifi inoperable. Broken seats, taped air vents, generally poor condition, the 717 showed its age and lack of upkeep.

My requested wheelchair never appeared. So many entertainment choices yet, I found little of interest and no internet option to search on my own. Both were minor issues.

Delta’s staff is unmatched. From the gate agents, to the pilots, to the flight attendants… all top of the industry.

Inexperienced boarding crew allowed too many bags on to a full flight and delayed takeoff causing a missed connection and unplanned overnight stay. There was a hotel at the airport but Delta would not pay for it offering only to shuttle me to an area hotel. Never even offerred so much as an apology by anyone working for Delta.

I have diamond medallion status and usually we are in comfort plus . We were in main this time ( which was fine ) and my husband wanted wine . I have at least 10 vouchers for drinks that are good for this year and next! The attendant would not take the picture of the voucher as proof and never came back to check as She asked me to pull it up on delta Wi-Fi. Instead my husband just used his Amex to buy the wine . Disappointing!!!

Late delayed flight delays boarding and delays leaving and delays on arrival too. Cramped plane no room no food.

Waited at the usual crowded gate at DCA where one ends up standing up because there aren't enough seats.

For a 5 1/2 hour flite i considered the "business class" to be subpar. The seats were just ok, no amenities, really nothing more than a long domestic flight. Frankly disappointed.

It would be nice to have some low carb options in the snacks.

The entertainment options were at best, fair. It was exactly the same as my outbound flight. It would have been more entertaining if there were some series from Apple TV, HBO, Showtime or other carriers for me to catch up with.

The flight was on time and arrived early. The crew were friendly and helpful.

My carry on baggage was damaged. Entire trip, I had to carry the baggage. When complained to the boarding crew, they got mad at me and still asked me to valet check in the cabin baggage. Rude boarding crew!!!

Experience was good. We were delayed in leaving by 15 mins because the flight was waiting on a family that was late in getting to the gate. Food and drink options were as expected. I highly recommend checking in ahead of time using the airline’s app so that it’s quicker to get your luggage tags as soon as you arrive at the terminal. No more waiting in long lines!

Overall experience was great. Flights were almost on time in departing and we arrived at our destination as scheduled. No issues with amenities or flight crew. Everything went well as as expected. Will fly again with American Airlines in the future!

Horrible. Both legs of my flight were delayed more than 6 hours. No compensation, no screens on the plane, and the plane was not clean.

The flight was smooth, the pilot kept us informed about delays and we arrived more of less on time

The flight was flawless and we even arrived between 20 and 25 minutes early!

It was smooth sailing snags we had a really smooth landing and a great flight!

For the price of the fare, there really isn’t much to complain about.

Liked early boarding for disabled customers. Seat comfort could have been better, would have appreciated an empty seat between my wife and I since I suffer from arthritis, neuropathy, and spinal stenosis. Also aisle seat armrest was immobile and this made it difficult to get into and out of my seat during the flight

Flight cancelled and no alternative offered for over a week. Ruined our Christmas vacation plans

They canceled the flight at the last minute! No customer service. Unable to get another flight for 3 days!! Spirit was NO help at all!!

A Spirit agent caused me to miss my flight. The company has not responded for request of refund. Stay away from Spirit.

They canceled the flight and didn't assist in getting a new flight on any airline. I had to spend 10 hrs in the airport after getting a ticket On Delta for twice as much. I've flown Spirit many times and this was my worst experience I've had.

I arrived two hours early, and at 9:20 I was still queuing for security.

They cancelled my flight same day with no explanation why. They offered to rebook me but it would not be until 2 days later. I will never use them again.

Got to LAX at 3:20 am, the counter personnel did not start to check in bags till 3:40 am. I patiently waited at the priority check in line as they started to take people from the general line. After about 15 minutes of waiting, I approached the lady exactly in front of the priority line and asked her if they would be taking people from the priority line or if I would need to switch to waiting in the general line. She responded “yes”, I then asked her yes to what? And she yelled back at me loudly “I SAID YES!” Needless to say, I waited at the end of the line of the general line. I could have been told the priority line would not be called upon and could have queued in the general line ahead of many people that arrived to cue after I did

There was no food and no entertainment, so I'm not sure why these are even in the survey, as my understanding is frontier does not ever offer food without a few, not even a snack, and there are no screens so unless the flight safety talk is our entertainment why ask how we liked it?. One of the flight attendants say in the back of the plane as people filed in to their seats, yelling orders about where to put baggage and telling people to hurry up. It was the least professional experience I've ever had on a flight.

It was ok. It was expensive to check 2 bags ($75.00 per bag), and then it took a long time to wait for shuttle to take us from one terminal to the terminal where the plane was taking off at LAX. And all of this for a flight where we had to pay for any food or drink that was not water.

When I wanted to check in 3 hours prior to boarding time, the employees mentioned “a little over an hour delay” so I waited for an hour then I went to go look for food in the terminal and most people from that flight were in the same area looking for food. Finally I decided after food to check to see if it’s anytime closer and now it’s 2 mins until boarding closes?! What are you kidding me? I didn’t receive anything via sms about boarding now nor via email or on the intercom. I luckily made it through, barely, and then there’s no room for my carry on mind you I’m in the very first row so I had to place my purse in one further row back and my carry on sections down. Not sure who pays for better seats to get your stuff placed all over the plane but that was the worst experience I’ve ever had flying with anyone.

This airline sucks. They offer low rates then charge you for everything, the app does not work well, the seats are the most uncomfortable. Maintenance issues on the flight, and you still have to sit through their credit card commercials. People are nice enough but does not make up for overall poor experience.

Both legs of the flight were changed. The day of the flight and length of the trip.

Cancelled flight after I arrived at airport after 75 min drive and parking. Next flight was 4 days in the future. Had to scramble and buy a much more expensive flight on another carrier.

I liked the turn-style feature at gate 209B at LAX. Very efficient process. The gate staff also made several, clearly directed announcements so I felt very informed.

The seats were awful, hard plastic covered in sheet vinyl. The airline tries to scam you into paying extra to get seat together when the flight wasn’t full. They were going to separate a family with young children but my wife who had a row to herself gave up her seat so the young mom could be with her young boys. I’m never giving this airline my money again.

It was a short flight so no food or entertainment….

They switched my flight to Spirit, Never using Kayak again,

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