Find Delta Air Lines(DL) flights from Detroit to San Diego

At the moment, you can catch a nonstop flight from Detroit to San Diego with the following airlines, including: Delta Air Lines Selected airlines are based on historical data collected from flight bookings users made on Trip.com within the last 90 days.

It takes around 5 hours 41 minutes to fly from Detroit (DTT) to San Diego (SAN).

By analyzing data from all airlines on the Trip.com flight calendar, it looks like the best time to book a flight from Detroit to San Diego is around 40 days (6 weeks) in advance, and the best time to fly is usually on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Tuesday typically offers the cheapest flights for departure, while Saturday offers the best return deals.

Based on Trip.com data in the past 4 weeks, there is 22 flight per week flying from Detroit to San Diego. You can check the weekly schedule for popular airlines on this route below: Delta Air Lines: S/M/T/W/T/F/S -- DL492 (08:47) Delta Air Lines: S/M/T/W/T/F/S -- DL369 (17:13) Delta Air Lines: S/M/T/W/T/F/S -- DL2172 (12:29)

The cheapest months to fly from Detroit to San Diego is August, when demand for travel is lower.

After crunching the numbers on our December flight calendar, it's currently cheapest to fly from Detroit to San Diego on December 12, 2025 with Frontier Airlines, with prices starting at $144.

You can land at any one of the following hubs in San Diego, with Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to San Diego International Airport (DTW-SAN) is by far the most common option on this route: San Diego International Airport (SAN) McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD) Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (NKX).

The time difference between San Diego and Detroit is 3h.

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