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Detroit to Los Angeles

1 operator run this water, from 4 h 28.

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.

AirTran Airways, Delta Air Lines DTW → LAX 3178 km non-stop 320 739 73W in the air 5 h 58 est. rate not held 711 km/h average

Other ways to reach Los Angeles

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

Glendale Amtrak – Los Angeles 12 min Amtrak
Van Nuys – Los Angeles 23 min Amtrak
Burbank Amtrak – Los Angeles 27 min Amtrak
Fullerton Amtrak Station – Los Angeles 29 min Amtrak
Pomona Amtrak – Los Angeles 41 min Amtrak
Santa Barbara – Los Angeles 41 min United Airlines
Bakersfield – Los Angeles 43 min United Airlines
Palm Springs – Los Angeles 43 min United Airlines
San Diego – Los Angeles 43 min Alaska Airlines
San Luis Obispo – Los Angeles 49 min United Airlines

And other ways to reach Detroit

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

Where else these quays go

Also from Detroit

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

Also from Los Angeles

Aguascalientes · Albuquerque · Amsterdam · Anchorage · Aspen · Atlanta · Auckland · Austin · Bakersfield · Baltimore · Beijing · Belize City · Boise · Boston

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Detroit–Los Angeles 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.