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FOD to NBG: distance & flight time
Fort Dodge (Fort Dodge Regional Airport) → New Orleans (New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field)
909 mi
1,463 km · 790 nm
2h 27m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading south
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Flight time details
909 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 27m gate to gate, flying south. 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
- FOD — Fort Dodge Regional Airport · Fort Dodge, United States
- NBG — New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field · 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 FOD
- MCW · Mason City Municipal Airport60 mi away
- SPW · Spencer Municipal Airport66 mi away
- DSM · Des Moines International Airport75 mi away
- CCY · Northeast Iowa Regional Airport88 mi away
Near NBG
- NEW · Lakefront Airport15 mi away
- MSY · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport18 mi away
- GPT · Gulfport Biloxi International Airport70 mi away
- BIX · Keesler Air Force Base78 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is FOD from NBG?
The flight distance from Fort Dodge (FOD) to New Orleans (NBG) is 909 miles (1,463 km, 790 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from FOD to NBG?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 27m 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 FOD to NBG?
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