Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – New Orleans (MSY)
- Distance
- 720 km
- 447 mi · 389 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 27 min / 1 h 46 min
- Average gate to gate: DFW → MSY / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 90 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (53 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 679,126
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.1%
- Flights / week
- 105
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 886,305 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- AA, NK, MQ
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DFW
- 115°
- Heading from MSY
- 298°
- Halfway point
- 31.49, -93.60
- Great-circle km
- 719 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DFW → MSY
- 1 h 4 min
- In the air MSY → DFW
- 1 h 15 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 51,213 |
| Sep 2025 | 55,867 |
| Oct 2025 | 68,121 |
| Nov 2025 | 55,648 |
| Dec 2025 | 51,905 |
| Jan 2026 | 46,040 |
| Feb 2026 | 57,448 |
| Mar 2026 | 61,616 |
| Apr 2026 | 59,670 |
| May 2026 | 56,956 |
| Jun 2026 | 53,392 |
| Jul 2026 | 61,250 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 459 |
| Sep 2025 | 459 |
| Oct 2025 | 508 |
| Nov 2025 | 444 |
| Dec 2025 | 402 |
| Jan 2026 | 366 |
| Feb 2026 | 418 |
| Mar 2026 | 486 |
| Apr 2026 | 503 |
| May 2026 | 472 |
| Jun 2026 | 427 |
| Jul 2026 | 519 |
Airlines flying DFW–MSY nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 88 | 87% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 6.2 | 6% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 7.6 | 4% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 2.3 | 2% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 0.6 | 0% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-800 · 2,168 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 930 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 821 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 551 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 390 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 333 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 126 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 106 flights
Also carried: 92 tonnes of freight and 5 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 70.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 26 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.1%
- Flights counted
- 5,612
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 70.1% | 28 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 75.7% | 14 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 73.6% | 21 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 68% | 31 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 63.3% | 39 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 50% · air traffic system 12% · weather 8% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $209
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $196
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 70% of passengers · $247
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 19% of passengers · $101
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $198 · Q3 2025 $176 · Q4 2025 $198 · Q1 2026 $209).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $213, likely $185–$243
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.5%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 12% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 719 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
More routes from DFW
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| DFW → ATL | 1,177 km | 1,929,257 |
| DFW → ORD | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| DFW → LAX | 1,987 km | 1,914,491 |
| DFW → DEN | 1,032 km | 1,745,260 |
| DFW → LGA | 2,235 km | 1,726,005 |
| DFW → PHX | 1,396 km | 1,648,391 |
| DFW → LAS | 1,698 km | 1,630,211 |
| DFW → MCO | 1,585 km | 1,605,592 |
| DFW → SEA | 2,671 km | 1,577,921 |
| DFW → MIA | 1,804 km | 1,512,657 |