Detroit (DTW) to Fort Myers (FMY): 1,083 miles (1,743 km) great-circle, about 2h 40m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $270 round-trip on Southwest, with 1 stop, departing May 21, 2026.
$270 round-trip, Southwest WN4845, departing 2026-05-21 at 05:35, returning 2026-05-26. The recorded itinerary left on a Thursday, returning on a Tuesday 5 nights later; the fare was observed 26 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $270, it ranked 15th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from DTW (median $275). That is 24.9 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), above the DTW median of 22.2 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from DTW of similar length: Houston (1,093 mi) at $152 and Denver (1,120 mi) at $194.
DTW to FMY is the only one of 30 DTW routes where Southwest priced cheapest. It is the 19th longest of the 30 routes we track from DTW.
Of 2 departure airports with a fare to Fort Myers, Detroit (DTW) ranked 2nd at $270. Lowest: $223 from Minneapolis (MSP); highest: $270 from Detroit (DTW); 1 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Southwest (1) and Sun Country (1).
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/New_York, America/New_York; flight time is our estimate.