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POE to MSL: distance & flight time
Fort Polk (Polk Army Air Field) → Muscle Shoals (Northwest Alabama Regional Airport)
412 mi
664 km · 358 nm
1h 22m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
412 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 22m gate to gate, flying northeast. 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
- POE — Polk Army Air Field · Fort Polk, United States
- MSL — Northwest Alabama Regional Airport · Muscle Shoals, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near POE
- DRI · Beauregard Regional Airport17 mi away
- AEX · Alexandria International Airport43 mi away
- JAS · Jasper County Airport-Bell Field51 mi away
- ESF · Esler Regional Airport58 mi away
Near MSL
- DCU · Pryor Field Regional Airport38 mi away
- HSV · Huntsville International Carl T Jones Field48 mi away
- HUA · Redstone Army Air Field53 mi away
- TUP · Tupelo Regional Airport74 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is POE from MSL?
The flight distance from Fort Polk (POE) to Muscle Shoals (MSL) is 412 miles (664 km, 358 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from POE to MSL?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 22m 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 POE to MSL?
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