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BBC to MSY: distance & flight time
Bay City (Bay City Municipal Airport) → New Orleans (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport)
344 mi
554 km · 299 nm
1h 22m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
344 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 22m gate to gate, flying east. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- BBC — Bay City Municipal Airport · Bay City, United States
- MSY — Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport · New Orleans, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near BBC
- LJN · Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport26 mi away
- PSX · Palacios Municipal Airport29 mi away
- IAH · George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport77 mi away
- SGR · Sugar Land Regional Airport47 mi away
Near MSY
- NEW · Lakefront Airport14 mi away
- NBG · New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field18 mi away
- BTR · Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport65 mi away
- GPT · Gulfport Biloxi International Airport76 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is BBC from MSY?
The flight distance from Bay City (BBC) to New Orleans (MSY) is 344 miles (554 km, 299 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BBC to MSY?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 22m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from BBC to MSY?
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