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PCD to MSY: distance & flight time
Prairie du Chien (Prairie Du Chien Municipal Airport) → New Orleans (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport)
901 mi
1,450 km · 783 nm
2h 26m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading south
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Flight time details
901 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 26m 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
- PCD — Prairie Du Chien Municipal Airport · Prairie du Chien, 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 PCD
- DBQ · Dubuque Regional Airport48 mi away
- LNR · Tri-County Regional Airport49 mi away
- LSE · La Crosse Municipal Airport60 mi away
- ALO · Waterloo Regional Airport72 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 PCD from MSY?
The flight distance from Prairie du Chien (PCD) to New Orleans (MSY) is 901 miles (1,450 km, 783 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from PCD to MSY?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 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 PCD to MSY?
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