Buffalo to Detroit nonstop
Yes: SkyWest, Delta and Republic fly direct from Buffalo (BUF) to Detroit (DTW) about 4 times a day, year-round.
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- Distance and flight time
- 241 miles nonstop, about 1 hr gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
- Seasonality
- Flew every month of the last year: busiest in July 2026 (33 flights a week), quietest in September 2025 (13 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 13 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 29 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 24 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 21 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 13 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 20 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 26 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 30 flights a week
- May 2026: 24 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 31 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 33 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 27 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- SkyWest 56% (regional operator), Delta 42%, Republic 2% (regional operator) of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 258 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $175 and $325 one way, median $250. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
- Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $225 one way, middle half $175 to $325, 279 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $225 one way, middle half $175 to $325, 291 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $225 one way, middle half $150 to $325, 214 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $250 one way, middle half $175 to $325, 258 tickets
Fares held steady through the year: a median of $225 to $250 one way in every quarter of the DOT ticket survey (Q3 2024 to Q2 2025). Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.
Flying the other way? Detroit to Buffalo nonstop.
Other airports near Buffalo with nonstops to Detroit
Within about 100 miles of Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Also nonstop from Buffalo (BUF)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Chicago (ORD) about 6 times a day
- Boston (BOS) about 5 times a day
- Orlando (MCO) about 5 times a day
- Atlanta (ATL) about 5 times a day
- Baltimore (BWI) about 4 times a day
- Charlotte (CLT) about 4 times a day
- New York (JFK) about 4 times a day
- Chicago (MDW) about 3 times a day
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