New Orleans (MSY) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 1,347 km
- 837 mi · 727 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 40 min / 2 h 25 min
- Average gate to gate: MSY → ORD / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 170 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (100 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 459,494
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +10.6%
- Flights / week
- 90
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 584,289 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 7
- UA, AA, 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 MSY
- 8°
- Heading from ORD
- 190°
- Halfway point
- 35.99, -89.17
- Great-circle km
- 1,349 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MSY → ORD
- 2 h 6 min
- In the air ORD → MSY
- 1 h 53 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 29,231 |
| Sep 2025 | 29,452 |
| Oct 2025 | 50,630 |
| Nov 2025 | 38,366 |
| Dec 2025 | 32,526 |
| Jan 2026 | 33,259 |
| Feb 2026 | 44,563 |
| Mar 2026 | 48,286 |
| Apr 2026 | 42,571 |
| May 2026 | 36,211 |
| Jun 2026 | 38,726 |
| Jul 2026 | 35,673 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 305 |
| Sep 2025 | 281 |
| Oct 2025 | 471 |
| Nov 2025 | 417 |
| Dec 2025 | 369 |
| Jan 2026 | 391 |
| Feb 2026 | 439 |
| Mar 2026 | 459 |
| Apr 2026 | 431 |
| May 2026 | 362 |
| Jun 2026 | 398 |
| Jul 2026 | 347 |
Airlines flying MSY–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 32 | 45% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 15 | 17% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 17 | 12% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 14 | 11% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 7.4 | 11% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 4.1 | 3% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 0.4 | 1% |
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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,696 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 816 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 611 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 474 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 369 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 148 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 137 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 121 flights
Also carried: 41 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 19 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.4%
- Flights counted
- 4,804
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 79.3% | 16 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 82.5% | 12 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 65.7% | 38 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 79.5% | 16 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 71% | 23 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 75.7% | 16 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 72.7% | 24 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 41% · air traffic system 24% · weather 7% · 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
- $219
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $206
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 43% of passengers · $263
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 17% of passengers · $115
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $204 · Q3 2025 $186 · Q4 2025 $212 · Q1 2026 $219).
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: 1,349 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.
Every airport pair between New Orleans and Chicago
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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ORD → LGA | 1,180 km | 2,736,902 |
| ORD → LAX | 2,808 km | 2,332,419 |
| ORD → SFO | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| ORD → DEN | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| ORD → MCO | 1,617 km | 1,924,694 |
| ORD → DFW | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| ORD → BOS | 1,395 km | 1,886,038 |
| ORD → EWR | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| ORD → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → PHX | 2,317 km | 1,706,053 |