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DFW to MSY: distance & flight time
Dallas-Fort Worth (Dallas Fort Worth International Airport) → New Orleans (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport)
447 mi
719 km · 388 nm
1h 26m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
447 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 26m gate to gate, flying southeast. 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
- DFW — Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · Dallas-Fort Worth, 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 DFW
- DAL · Dallas Love Field11 mi away
- ADS · Addison Airport13 mi away
- AFW · Fort Worth Alliance Airport17 mi away
- RBD · Dallas Executive Airport18 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 DFW from MSY?
The flight distance from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to New Orleans (MSY) is 447 miles (719 km, 388 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from DFW to MSY?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 26m 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 DFW to MSY?
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