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MGM to MSY: distance & flight time
MONTGOMERY (Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) Airport) → New Orleans (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport)
279 mi
448 km · 242 nm
1h 12m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
279 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 12m gate to gate, flying southwest. 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
- MGM — Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) Airport · MONTGOMERY, 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 MGM
- MXF · Maxwell Air Force Base6 mi away
- SEM · Craig Field35 mi away
- TOI · Troy Municipal Airport at N Kenneth Campbell Field38 mi away
- ALX · Thomas C Russell Field49 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 MGM from MSY?
The flight distance from MONTGOMERY (MGM) to New Orleans (MSY) is 279 miles (448 km, 242 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from MGM to MSY?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 12m 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 MGM to MSY?
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