The flight time from Chicago to New Orleans is 2 hours, 18 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves ORD Chicago, IL 2 minutes early.
19 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 52 minutes in the air
4 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MSY New Orleans, LA 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
86%
United
83%
Spirit
64%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Chicago to New Orleans is 2 hours, 18 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 52 minutes.

The flight distance from Chicago to New Orleans is 837 Miles.

Reverse Journey

New Orleans to Chicago
2 hours, 26 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
2h 16m
United
2h 18m
American
2h 20m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

29

Distance

837 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun012345

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
17
American
10
Spirit
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Chicago from New Orleans by plane?

The distance from Chicago to New Orleans by plane is 837 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Chicago to New Orleans?

The flight time from Chicago to New Orleans is 2 hours, 18 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 52 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 2 hours, 16 minutes, and American the slowest taking 2 hours, 20 minutes.

What airlines fly from Chicago to New Orleans?

Spirit, United, and American are the airlines with direct flights from Chicago to New Orleans.

Does Southwest fly from Chicago to New Orleans?

Southwest does not fly from Chicago (ORD) to New Orleans (MSY). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Chicago 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 112 minutes
Taxiing In 4 minutes
Arrives New Orleans 8 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Chicago to New Orleans, American is 86% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 86% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 86% 14% 0%
United 83% 16% 1%
Spirit 64% 36% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Chicago and New Orleans, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Spirit 14 115 5 136
United 21 112 4 138
American 18 114 5 140

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
2pm 0
8pm 0.74
8am 0.15
12pm 0.87
6pm 0.07
3pm 0.01
7pm 0.38
9am 0.58
7am 0.6
1pm 0.19
10am 0.32
4pm 0.33

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to New Orleans that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 171
February 166
March 155
April 150
May 128
June 90
July 93
August 91
September 96
October 140
November 131
December 145

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to New Orleans that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 4.19
Tuesday 4.04
Wednesday 4.12
Thursday 4.46
Friday 4.42
Saturday 4.25
Sunday 4.44

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
United 0
American 0
Spirit 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
2pm 14 116 3 133
8pm 23 110 4 139
8am 21 114 4 142
12pm 19 112 4 136
6pm 25 114 6 144
3pm 19 110 5 137
7pm 24 114 4 142
9am 18 114 4 140
7am 19 115 4 140
1pm 20 111 5 136
10am 16 110 5 132
4pm 15 115 5 136
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.