Direct Flights from Detroit to Alpena
Alpena · Michigan
Nonstop service from DTW to APN on Delta. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Airlines
Delta
Nonstop flights
~2/day
Distance
198 mi
Flight time
~55mgate to gate
Elevation
690 ftabout the same as home
Days operated
Daily (all week)
How rare is this nonstop?
Detroit is the only city in our data with a nonstop to Alpena — everywhere else connects.
How long to go to Alpena for, from Detroit
55m in the air, 198 miles: short enough that a single night in Alpena is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
About Alpena
Alpena is a city in Northeastern Michigan.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Alpena
- Harrisville State Park is a public recreation area covering 107 acres (43 ha) on the shore of Lake Huron off U.S. Route 23 in Harrisville and Harrisville Township, Alcona County, Michigan.
- SS Choctaw was a steel-hulled American freighter in service between 1892 and 1915, on the Great Lakes of North America.
- Norman was a bulk freighter; its wreck in Lake Huron was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
- Thompson's Harbor State Park is a remote and largely undeveloped public recreation area on Lake Huron covering 5,109 acres (2,068 ha) in Presque Isle County, Michigan.
- P. H. Hoeft State Park is a public recreation area on the shores of Lake Huron, four miles (6.4 km) northwest of Rogers City on US 23 in Presque Isle County, Michigan.
- MV Nordmeer was a West German ocean freighter built in 1954 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Flensburg, West Germany.
- Defiance was a wooden two-masted schooner built in 1848 at Perrysburg, Ohio, by Captain Roby. She was a grain-hauling vessel that met her fate on October 21, 1854, in a fatal collision with the brig John J.
- Kyle Spangler was a wooden schooner; its 1860 wreck site in Lake Huron was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
- SS Pewabic was a package freighter that served ports on the Upper Great Lakes. She was launched in October 1863, fitted out in the spring of 1864, and was in active service until she sank off Thunder Bay Island in Lake H…
- F.T. Barney was a 19th-century American schooner that sank in 1868. Her wreck in Lake Huron near Rogers City, Michigan, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
- Negwegon State Park is an undeveloped public recreation area on Lake Huron lying five miles (8.0 km) southeast of the unincorporated community of Ossineke in Alpena County and Alcona County, Michigan.
- Clear Lake State Park is a public recreation area covering 290 acres (120 ha) in Canada Creek Ranch, Montmorency County, Michigan.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Alpena weather, compared with Detroit
5° cooler than Detroit on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Alpena 27°F · Detroit 33°F · 5° colder
- April
- Alpena 52°F · Detroit 59°F · 7° colder
- July
- Alpena 80°F · Detroit 84°F · 4° colder
- October
- Alpena 57°F · Detroit 62°F · 5° colder
January bottoms out near 27°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to Alpena
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Alpena is May–September, when daytime highs are a comfortable 65–80°F.
- How long to stay
- Alpena rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Harrisville State Park, SS Choctaw, and SS Norman and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Detroit to Alpena?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Detroit (DTW) to Alpena (APN) on Delta.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Detroit to Alpena?
- Delta flies nonstop between Detroit (DTW) and Alpena (APN).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Detroit to Alpena?
- There are about 2 nonstop departures per day (roughly 14 per week) from Detroit to Alpena.
- How far is Alpena from Detroit?
- Alpena is about 198 miles from Detroit by air.
- What is there to do in Alpena?
- Popular things to do include Harrisville State Park, SS Choctaw, SS Norman, Thompson's Harbor State Park, and more.
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