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Des Moines to Detroit

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 34.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Delta Air Lines DSM → DTW 856 km non-stop CRJ in the air 3 h 04 est. rate not held 545 km/h average

Other ways to reach Detroit

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Detroit without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Dearborn – Detroit 16 min Amtrak
Royal Oak Amtrak – Detroit 20 min Amtrak
Lansing – Detroit 39 min Delta Air Lines
Cleveland – Detroit 41 min Delta Air Lines
Freeland – Detroit 42 min Delta Air Lines
Grand Rapids – Detroit 44 min Delta Air Lines
Kalamazoo – Detroit 44 min Delta Air Lines
Fort Wayne – Detroit 45 min Delta Air Lines
Columbus – Detroit 49 min Delta Air Lines
South Bend – Detroit 49 min Delta Air Lines

And other ways to reach Des Moines

Minneapolis – Des Moines 58 min Delta Air Lines
Chicago – Des Moines 1 h 06 AirTran Airways, American Airlines
Denver – Des Moines 1 h 41 Frontier Airlines
Dallas-Fort Worth – Des Moines 1 h 45 American Airlines
Atlanta – Des Moines 2 h 00 Air France
Houston – Des Moines 2 h 07 United Airlines
Charlotte – Des Moines 2 h 08 American Airlines
Washington – Des Moines 2 h 18 American Airlines
Newark – Des Moines 2 h 32 United Airlines
New York – Des Moines 2 h 34 Delta Air Lines

Where else these quays go

Also from Des Moines

Atlanta · Charlotte · Chicago · Dallas-Fort Worth · Denver · Houston · Las Vegas · Minneapolis · New York · Newark · Orlando · Phoenix · Pinellas Park · Punta Gorda

Also from Detroit

Albany · Alpena · Amsterdam · Appleton · Atlanta · Austin · Baltimore · Bangor · Binghamton · Birmingham · Boston · Buffalo · Burlington · Cancún

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Des Moines–Detroit crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.