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Direct Flights from Honolulu to Detroit

Detroit · Michigan

Nonstop service from HNL to DTW on Delta. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.

Airlines
Delta
Nonstop flights
~1/day
Distance
4,468 mi
Flight time
~9h 25mgate to gate
Elevation
645 ft632 ft higher than your departure
Days operated
Daily (all week)
Great-circle flight path from Honolulu (HNL) to Detroit (DTW), 4,468 miles nonstop.HNLDTW

How rare is this nonstop?

99 cities have a nonstop to Detroit, Honolulu among them.

How long to go to Detroit for, from Honolulu

9h 25m in the air, 4,468 miles. Give Detroit a week: the first day goes to the journey and the jet lag, whatever you intend.

About Detroit

Detroit skyline and the Detroit International Riverfront — as seen from Windsor, Ontario.
Photo by Shawn Wilson · CC BY-SA 1.0

Detroit is a major metropolis in the US state of Michigan that has had a profound impact on the world. From the advent of the automotive assembly line to the Motown sound, modern techno and rock music, Detroit continues to shape both American and global culture. The city has seen many of its historic buildings renovated, and is bustling with new developments and attractions that complement its world-class museums and theatres. After a long economic slump and decrease in population, Detroit has developed a reputation for crime and urban decline, but revitalization means that it is an exciting destination filled with technological advance and historic charm.

Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).

Top things to do in Detroit

  1. The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is an art museum in midtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. It has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the U.S.
  2. Point Pelee National Park is a national park in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada where it extends into Lake Erie. The word pelée is French for 'bald'.
  3. The Automotive Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum honoring influential figures in the history of the automotive industry. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, US.
  4. The Henry Ford is a history museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan, United States, within Metro Detroit. The museum collection contains the presidential limousine of John F.
  5. Belle Isle Park, known simply as Belle Isle, is a 982-acre island park in Detroit, Michigan, developed in the late 19th century.
  6. The Detroit Zoo is a zoo located in the cities of Huntington Woods and Royal Oak in the U.S. state of Michigan. Spanning 125 acres (50.6 ha), it is home to more than 2,000 animals and more than 200 different species.
  7. The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan, near Detroit, is Michigan's largest Holocaust museum.
  8. The Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament is a Neo-Gothic style Roman Catholic cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit.
  9. The Windsor Sculpture Park, formerly known as the Odette Sculpture Park, is an open space in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, that shows 35 large-scale contemporary sculptures by artists including Elisabeth Frink, Gerald Gladst…
  10. The University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) is one of the largest university art museums in the United States, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with 94,000 sq ft (8,700 m2).
  11. The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology is a museum of archaeology located on the University of Michigan central campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the United States.
  12. The Detroit International Riverfront is a tourist attraction and landmark of Detroit, Michigan, extending from the Ambassador Bridge in the west to Belle Isle in the east, for a total of 5.5 miles along the Detroit River…

Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).

Detroit weather, compared with Honolulu

25° cooler than Honolulu on average across the year, on daytime highs:

January
Detroit 33°F · Honolulu 80°F · 48° colder
April
Detroit 59°F · Honolulu 83°F · 24° colder
July
Detroit 84°F · Honolulu 88°F · 4° colder
October
Detroit 62°F · Honolulu 87°F · 25° colder

January bottoms out near 33°F — a real coat, not a layer. Detroit also swings harder through the year than Honolulu does — 51° between its coldest and warmest months against 9°.

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 Detroit

Best time to visit
The best time to visit Detroit is May–June and August–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 62–82°F.
How long to stay
Detroit rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Detroit Institute of Arts, Point Pelee National Park, and Automotive Hall of Fame and beyond.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a direct flight from Honolulu to Detroit?
Yes — you can fly nonstop from Honolulu (HNL) to Detroit (DTW) on Delta.
Which airlines fly nonstop from Honolulu to Detroit?
Delta flies nonstop between Honolulu (HNL) and Detroit (DTW).
How many nonstop flights are there from Honolulu to Detroit?
There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Honolulu to Detroit.
How far is Detroit from Honolulu?
Detroit is about 4,468 miles from Honolulu by air.
What is there to do in Detroit?
Popular things to do include Detroit Institute of Arts, Point Pelee National Park, Automotive Hall of Fame, The Henry Ford, and more.

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