Direct Flights from Detroit to Escanaba
Escanaba · Michigan
Nonstop service from DTW to ESC on Delta. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
This is a rare nonstop: only 2 cities fly direct to Escanaba, and Detroit is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Escanaba for, from Detroit
1h 5m in the air, 305 miles: short enough that a single night in Escanaba is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
About Escanaba
Escanaba is in the Upper Peninsula region of Michigan, United States of America.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Escanaba
- Newport State Park is a 2,373-acre (960 ha) Wisconsin state park at the tip of Door Peninsula near Europe Lake.
- Rock Island State Park is a state park of Wisconsin located on Rock Island off the tip of the Door Peninsula at the eastern edge of Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
- J.W. Wells State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 678-acre (2.74 km2) park is located in Menominee County on the shore of Lake Michigan's Green Bay, just south of Cedar River.
- Fayette Historic State Park is a historic preservation and public recreation area encompassing the historic town of Fayette in the U.S. state of Michigan.
- R. J. Hackett was a steamer built in 1869 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Peck & Masters. When the ship was first launched, both its wide cross-section and long midships hold were unconventional.
- Louisiana was a steamboat that sank in Lake Michigan off the coast of Washington, Door County, Wisconsin, United States, during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.
- Fleetwing was a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan off Liberty Grove, Wisconsin, United States. In 2001 the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
- The IXL Historical Museum is a historic office building, residence, and museum complex in Hermansville, Michigan, United States.
- The Grape Shot is a shipwreck located off the coast of Plum Island, Wisconsin.
- Iris was a schooner launched at Port Huron, Michigan, in 1866. She spent 47 years sailing the Great Lakes; for most of this time she was based out of Detroit Harbor, Wisconsin.
- The Water Tower is located in Rock Island State Park on Rock Island in the town of Washington, Wisconsin.
- The Rock Island II Site is an archaeological site located on the south side of Rock Island, in Door County, Wisconsin, United States, at the mouth of Green Bay, within the boundaries of Rock Island State Park.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Escanaba weather, compared with Detroit
8° cooler than Detroit on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Escanaba 24°F · Detroit 33°F · 9° colder
- April
- Escanaba 48°F · Detroit 59°F · 10° colder
- July
- Escanaba 76°F · Detroit 84°F · 7° colder
- October
- Escanaba 54°F · Detroit 62°F · 8° colder
January bottoms out near 24°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 Escanaba
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Escanaba is June–September, when daytime highs are a comfortable 68–76°F.
- How long to stay
- Escanaba rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Newport State Park, Rock Island State Park (Wisconsin), and Wells State Park (Michigan) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Detroit to Escanaba?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Detroit (DTW) to Escanaba (ESC) on Delta.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Detroit to Escanaba?
- Delta flies nonstop between Detroit (DTW) and Escanaba (ESC).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Detroit to Escanaba?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Detroit to Escanaba.
- How far is Escanaba from Detroit?
- Escanaba is about 305 miles from Detroit by air.
- What is there to do in Escanaba?
- Popular things to do include Newport State Park, Rock Island State Park (Wisconsin), Wells State Park (Michigan), Fayette Historic State Park, and more.
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