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Detroit to San Francisco

1 operator run this water, from 4 h 40.

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 DTW → SFO 3337 km non-stop 738 739 763 in the air 6 h 10 est. rate not held 714 km/h average

Other ways to reach San Francisco

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

Monterey – San Francisco 39 min United Airlines
Sacramento – San Francisco 40 min United Airlines
Fresno – San Francisco 49 min United Airlines
Reno – San Francisco 53 min United Airlines
San Luis Obispo – San Francisco 53 min United Airlines
Redding – San Francisco 54 min United Airlines
Bakersfield – San Francisco 59 min United Airlines
Arcata/Eureka – San Francisco 1 h 00 United Airlines
Santa Barbara – San Francisco 1 h 02 United Airlines
Burbank – San Francisco 1 h 09 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 San Francisco

Albuquerque · Amsterdam · Arcata/Eureka · Atlanta · Auckland · Austin · Bakersfield · Baltimore · Beijing · Boise · Boston · Burbank · Calgary · Cancún

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Detroit–San Francisco 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.