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CTY to MSY: distance & flight time
Cross City (Cross City Airport) → New Orleans (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport)
429 mi
691 km · 373 nm
1h 24m
estimated nonstop flight time
-1h
time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
429 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 24m gate to gate, flying west. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 1-hour time set-back when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- CTY — Cross City Airport · Cross 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.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
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Near CTY
- LCQ · Lake City Gateway Airport49 mi away
- GNV · Gainesville Regional Airport50 mi away
- OCF · Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field62 mi away
- TPA · Tampa International Airport120 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 CTY from MSY?
The flight distance from Cross City (CTY) to New Orleans (MSY) is 429 miles (691 km, 373 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from CTY to MSY?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 24m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
Are there nonstop flights from CTY to MSY?
Nonstop service on CTY–MSY depends on the season and the day of week. Run the fare search on this page with the nonstop filter applied to see current direct options; when there is no nonstop, a single connection through a carrier hub adds roughly 2–4 hours to the 1h 24m nonstop estimate.
What is the time difference between Cross City and New Orleans?
New Orleans is 1 hour behind Cross City.
What is the cheapest way to fly from CTY to MSY?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on CTY–MSY that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some CTY to MSY fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain CTY–MSY tickets below the price airlines permit us to publish online, so those fares can only be quoted over the phone. Call the travel desk and an agent will check phone-only inventory for your dates.