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POB to MSY: distance & flight time
Fort Bragg (Pope Field) → New Orleans (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport)
745 mi
1,199 km · 648 nm
2h 5m
estimated nonstop flight time
-1h
time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
745 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 5m gate to gate, flying southwest. 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
- POB — Pope Field · Fort Bragg, 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 POB
- FBG · Simmons Army Air Field5 mi away
- FAY · Fayetteville Regional Grannis Field15 mi away
- SOP · Moore County Airport22 mi away
- LBT · Lumberton Regional Airport39 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 POB from MSY?
The flight distance from Fort Bragg (POB) to New Orleans (MSY) is 745 miles (1,199 km, 648 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from POB to MSY?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 5m 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 POB to MSY?
Nonstop service on POB–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 2h 5m nonstop estimate.
What is the time difference between Fort Bragg and New Orleans?
New Orleans is 1 hour behind Fort Bragg.
What is the cheapest way to fly from POB to MSY?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on POB–MSY that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some POB to MSY fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain POB–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.