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£246 Find Cheap Flights from London to Detroit

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Cheapest return fare
£473
Multiple Airlines
Thu 19/2Thu 26/2
LGW - DTW • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
£702
Typical prices: £712-£885
Virgin Atlantic
Wed 11/2Mon 16/2
LHR - DTW • Direct
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KLM's Premium Comfort offers wider seats and recline.
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Cheap Flights from London to Detroit (LON-DTW)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from London to Detroit that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from London to Detroit

Thu, 19 Feb - Thu, 26 Feb
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14:00 - 23:25
LGW
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DTW
14h 25m
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05:09 - 20:40
DTW
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LGW
34h 31m
2 stops
£473Multiple Airlines
Fri, 6 Feb - Mon, 9 Feb
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14:00 - 00:19
LGW
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DTW
39h 19m
2 stops
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15:14 - 10:00
DTW
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LGW
13h 46m
1 stop
£473Multiple Airlines
Fri, 20 Feb - Fri, 27 Feb
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15:00 - 11:01
LHR
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DTW
25h 01m
2 stops
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22:05 - 06:30
DTW
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LHR
27h 25m
2 stops
£474Multiple Airlines
Sun, 8 Mar - Sat, 14 Mar
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11:25 - 20:59
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DTW
37h 34m
2 stops
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11:11 - 08:40
DTW
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LHR
41h 29m
2 stops
£475Iberia
Tue, 10 Mar - Tue, 17 Mar
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06:05 - 20:59
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DTW
18h 54m
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17:25 - 10:25
DTW
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LHR
13h 00m
1 stop
£475Iberia
Fri, 5 Jun - Sat, 20 Jun
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09:15 - 18:37
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DTW
14h 22m
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20:59 - 12:15
DTW
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LHR
10h 16m
1 stop
£485British Airways
Wed, 6 May - Wed, 13 May
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08:40 - 22:04
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DTW
18h 24m
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06:00 - 20:45
DTW
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LHR
9h 45m
1 stop
£488JetBlue
Wed, 10 Jun - Fri, 26 Jun
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14:30 - 11:06
LGW
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DTW
25h 36m
2 stops
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10:31 - 08:40
DTW
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LGW
17h 09m
2 stops
£489American Airlines
Thu, 2 Jul - Sun, 12 Jul
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06:15 - 09:55
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DTW
32h 40m
2 stops
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16:11 - 10:20
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LHR
13h 09m
1 stop
£489British Airways
Wed, 25 Feb - Wed, 4 Mar
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17:50 - 13:05
LCY
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DTW
24h 15m
1 stop
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14:00 - 09:30
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LCY
14h 30m
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£704Virgin Atlantic
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KAYAK's insights & trends for London to Detroit flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from London to Detroit to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a return flight from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport departing in February.

What is the cheapest London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest return flight from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport costs £382 on the route between London Heathrow Airport (LHR) and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW). It is also the most popular route.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from London to Detroit?

The average price of all round-trip flights from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Detroit on a Wednesday and more expensive on a Saturday. On your return trip to London, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Saturdays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is June, where tickets cost £629 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £825 and £786 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 12% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

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Good to know - Cheap tickets from London to Detroit

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight£246
Best time to beat the crowds (9% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (12% more expensive on average)
Flight from London Gatwick Airport to Detroit

When to book flights from London to Detroit

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from London to Detroit based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking London to Detroit flights

  • What flight routes operate between London and Detroit?

    There are several routes to choose from when flying from London to Detroit. Direct flights are operated by a variety of airlines and run from London Heathrow International. JetBlue operates flights between Gatwick and Detroit with a single layover in Boston en route, while Lufthansa offers flights with a layover in Frankfurt. Flights with Finnair typically have a single layover at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) between London Heathrow and Detroit.

  • How do I get from Detroit Airport to the city centre?

    Detroit Airport offers two transport methods to get to the city centre if you're not driving yourself or hiring a car. A quick and convenient option is to catch a taxi from the taxi rank on Level 4, in the middle of the Ground Transportation Center. A much more affordable option is to catch the bus from the Ground Transportation Center at the North Terminal of the airport. The SMART bus company operates buses regularly, which take around 50min to reach the city centre.

  • What is the luggage allowance on these flights?

    If you're taking a flight with a low-cost airline, bear in mind that luggage generally costs extra per check-in piece. On standard airlines, you can expect the standard economy allowance to be 30 kg check-in and one carry-on piece of luggage. 40 kg is the usual business-class allowance, while the limit for first class is generally 50 kg.

  • What documents do I need to fly from London to Detroit?

    As a British citizen with a full passport, you'll need to apply for an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), or visa waiver. Your passport will need to be valid for the duration of your stay.

  • What is the cheapest flight from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport was £246 for a one-way ticket and £473 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from London to Detroit?

    There are 4 airports in London (London City, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, and London Stansted.) and only 1 airport in Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County). The cheapest flights are generally found on the London Heathrow Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County flight route.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from London to Detroit?

    Air France, Virgin Atlantic, KLM, Delta, and Alaska Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the London to Detroit flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from London to Detroit?

    The Airbus A330-900neo is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the London to Detroit flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from London to Detroit?

    Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between London and Detroit, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from London to Detroit?

    There are direct flights from London to Detroit on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from London to Detroit, Delta or KLM?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from London to Detroit are Delta and KLM. With an average price for the route of £951 and an overall rating of 7.9, Delta is the most popular choice. KLM is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £832 and an overall rating of 7.7.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from London to Detroit?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from London to Detroit.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from London to Detroit?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Detroit from London is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from London to Detroit?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Detroit with an airline and back to London with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from London to Detroit?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Detroit from London up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight from Detroit to London? 25% of our users found flights on this route for £651 or less one-way and £541 or less round-trip.
  • If you're staying close to the city centre, consider booking flights from London City Airport (LCY) or London Heathrow Airport (LHR), as these are easy to access. London City typically has the more expensive flights, whereas London Heathrow usually offers more frequent daily flights.
  • London Gatwick (LGW) is the second busiest airport in London and is often the preferred airport, especially for those who want to avoid the large number of people at Heathrow. London Gatwick also works in conjunction with several low-cost airlines, so flights from here are often more affordable than from the other London airports.
  • London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London Stansted all have express trains that transit passengers from the city to the respective airports. The Heathrow Express travels from London Paddington Station to Heathrow in around 15min. The Gatwick Express runs from London Victoria and takes around 30min, while the Stansted Express runs from London Liverpool Street and takes close to 45min.
  • Be aware of self-transfer flights between London and Detroit, which are sometimes cheaper. These flights run from Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick and require that you collect your luggage and re-check it during your layovers en route. To avoid the hassle of self-transfer, ensure your flights include transferring your luggage.
  • If you're planning on hiring a car at Detroit Metro Airport (DTW), you'll find ground transportation to the hire car campus located on Lucas Drive, on the northeast corner of the airport. Several well-known car hire companies operate out of the airport, including Budget, Avis, Alamo and Hertz.

Prefer to fly direct from London to Detroit?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County.
Find which airlines fly direct from London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

London to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County

Monday

Delta

Delta

Tuesday

Delta

Delta

Wednesday

Delta

Delta

Thursday

Delta

Delta

Friday

Delta

Delta

Saturday

Delta

Delta

Sunday

Delta

Delta

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Direct returns

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County to London

Monday

Delta

Delta

Tuesday

Delta

Delta

Wednesday

Delta

Delta

Thursday

Delta

Delta

Friday

Delta

Delta

Saturday

Delta

Delta

Sunday

Delta

Delta

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from London to Detroit

 
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7.7
KLMOverall score based on 1442 reviews
7.8Boarding
7.3Food
7.6Comfort
7.1Entertainment
8.4Crew
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Flight was on time, staff are friendly and helpful onboard.

8.0 ExcellentShereen, Dec 2025
AMS - YUL
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Flight was on time, staff are friendly and helpful onboard.

Terrible last row seats many seats available but no offer to move to better seat

They forgot to serve food and the crew was very unfriendly. Never experienced such a bad KLM flight. Usually fly from Toronto. New York was different.

Couldn’t get boarding pass in SLC even with help from a redcoat, so had to find a desk in AMS to get boarding pass. Technical problems so not sure why. Very inconvenient. The KLM app is not as user friendly as most apps. Also had to wait almost an hour on the tarmac for a fuel truck, which caused us to miss a connecting bus in LUX.

First of all we couldn’t check in online, then we learn at the airport we were on stand by for KLM’s mistake of overbooking. The seats were not comfy at all. Our luggage got lost.

Short flight so it was okay. Nice crew, all very pleasant and professional. We were near the back in row 27 so just as we got our drinks, we started our descent so had to drink very quickly!

KLM remains a quality flag carrier airline which maintains its standards whilst all their competitors are lowering theirs.

The baggage drop-off in Stuttgart is bad: after online check-in you cannot use the automated baggage drop off as indicated on the website. You can use the terminals but have to cue to 1 of three open and slowly working counters to drop the bags. took about 45 minutes wait time.

Our first flight was delayed so we missed our connecting flight. However it was easy to book a later flight on their app.

Klm start boarding while somw air issue in the plan

Food has been disappointing in both legs of flight to india

Great staff great experience, made a 2 hour delay very bearable

Great staff, great experience, made a 2 hour delay very bearable

Food was the worst I’ve had on a VA flight. Normally it’s a lot better

I was my pleasure to fly virgin on my birthday for my first solo trip ever 🫶🏼

These are one of the older seat arrangements facing away from the windows! Not particularly convenient sets. No storage spaces. NO COAT HANGING HOOKS. Inconvenient business class seat compared to any other airlines of similar class. Staff are excellent! Extremely professional, friendly. Food is good too.

Overall, flight was excellent but check in was very slow for Premium Economy. Economy queue was shorter but we weren't allowed to use it.

The staff was not very polite but the flight was very very nice and comfortable and the entertainment was great

Great crew - old style upper class seats on the older fleet now feels dated

Premium economy more comfortable than economy, but not by much. Did was awful, do not try the omelette. Flight crew were helpful. Flight was delayed by over an hour. Overall but bad, arrived safely and thank God.

Terrible. They canceled our early morning flight after midnight on the day of and had no available flights to rebook my family on for the next 72 hours. Yet they still had other flights that were not cancelled from JFK so it couldn’t be based on the weather. It felt like they canceled the flight based on it not being profitable enough for them. I am not interested in traveling with the again. The absolute worse customer service and lack of accountability.

Horribly rude check in at airport, worst in 25 years of flying. All over a simple issue they could have googled to resolve.

First time flying with JetBlue and never again. I went to the counter to request meet and assist because I'm 74 and my wife is 79. I walk with a cane and my wife is handicapped and has her own wheel chair. I told the agent that my wife and luggage was at the entrance door. The ticketing agent said to me that they don't offer meet and assist. I need to bring them our luggage and then go back and get my wife in order to get my boarding pass. As I went back to get my luggage a Southwest agent along with a TSA agent recognized the situation and came over and took my wife and luggage to the JetBlue ticketing counter alongside the line and told the JetBlue agent to issue to take our luggage as soon as they could.

Our flight was delayed 5 hours, very disorganized, bad communication, confusion. Only good thing was the crew.

1) No pilot available for 1 hour 2) no room for most passengers careyon in overhead—-> stowed below 3) when we landed we had to wait 45 min. Before docking at gate as gate was not ready

It was good. I prefer JB over other airlines.I just wish we had headphones for the films, but other than that - good.

we were delayed because of some safety check that wasn't done or available

Qatar Airways only had spicy meals on the menu in economy class. You might want to get food in the airport before boarding.

The ride share experience in JFK is terrible. After traveling on a flight, then you need to take a subway to the last stop to get an uber or lyft. Unacceptable. Bad job JetBlue for permitting JFK and Port Authority to do this to your passengers.

The flight was two hours late due to a computer fault and resulting maintenance. Nothing was offered as compensation beyond bottles of water during the time we were deplaned and waiting in the terminal.

The customer service was unbeatable from the wheelchair assist team to the flight attendants. The pilot also did an excellent job managing the turbulence.

Again, we paid $ 328.00 for specific seats are were assigned those seats.

Having been prepared for paying for everything on board other than water, coffee and tea the service was OK. Food and drink is expensive but the food was OK if limited in scope. Plane was clean and obviously well serviced. After complaining about having to walk in wind and rain to a get a bus to the airport the same thing happened at Portland. I’m sure you could get a terminal gate flight, complimentary food and drink for not much more money without traipsing through rain and slush in Reykjavik. Not bad but not great.

If there was a disclaimer regarding food service or lack thereof, l missed it. If l had known l would have prepared better. Same with transferring at Reykjavik. No information about disembarking via stairs into rain, slush and puddles deep enough to swallow a foot. After being treated to haute cuisine restaurants and warm inviting environment during the flight, the airport is, let’s be kind, disappointing. Plane was comfortable, Airbus, staff were welcoming enough. I would likely try the route again. Maybe have a night and day in Iceland. Maybe not.

The boarding process seem to take longer than necessary, resulting in a 20+ minute delay

Service was excellent. Food and drinks were very good except for a greasy lump of a donut at the end of the flight that left us both feeling internally disgusted.

Seat was hard and uncomfortable and the temperature too warm and uncomfortable.

No meals included on this long international flight. Most airlines will offer you a meal when flying internationally. Not Icelandair. Your included choices are water and coffee. Poor customer service. The airport was also very confusing.

Best smelling onboard bathrooms ever. Even after use the whole flight. Biggest overhead bins. Most legroom in economy class. Great Icelandiic music. Really nice staff. Icelandair is awesome! (Don’t fly Air Canada! During the strike they lied about no flights available (I booked this flight myself) and hid the process to get money back on their website by obscuring menu titles, then made it difficult and time consuming to fill out. I’m Canadian. Don’t trust Air Canada!

It was good. The air plane is clean and staff were friendly.

My touch screen at my seat wasn't working, the films BA advertised on the website for this flight were not available, and the plane was a little dated, food was good and the staff were good, just let down by the aircraft facilities.

Did not like the seating configuration at all with 2+3+2 in business class. Lacking total privacy and comfort

Check-in experience, for business call please provide a premium experience

Lost my luggage, ran out of food choices in business class, ground crew was completely unapologetic.

Excellent. The crew and flight were great. Checking in was easy and everyone was very helpful.

Entertainment devices on A380 need to be fixed, the seats might do with updates.

Everything. Employees offered to help me because I had to use a cane.

Check-in and boarding were great. On flight staff were rude and disrespectful. Paid for extra room and found it incredibly cramped. Bathrooms kept in poor condition. Overall negative experience.

Great seat in premium economy, great food and drinks throughout lots of in flight entertainment. 1 hour 40 min delayed flying out , 2 1/2 hour wait at passport control in tampa

My seat cushion was poor. The cushion was compressed and was uncomfortable for such a long flight.

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