The flight time from New Orleans to Charlotte is 1 hour, 53 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves MSY New Orleans, LA 3 minutes early.
13 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 27 minutes in the air
11 minutes taxiing in
Arrives CLT Charlotte, NC 6 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
81%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New Orleans to Charlotte is 1 hour, 53 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 27 minutes.

The flight distance from New Orleans to Charlotte is 651 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Charlotte to New Orleans
1 hour, 57 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
1h 53m
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

32

Distance

651 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun012345

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
32

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New Orleans from Charlotte by plane?

The distance from New Orleans to Charlotte by plane is 651 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from New Orleans to Charlotte?

The flight time from New Orleans to Charlotte is 1 hour, 53 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 27 minutes. These numbers are averages.

What airlines fly from New Orleans to Charlotte?

American is the only airline with direct flights from New Orleans to Charlotte.

Does Southwest fly from New Orleans to Charlotte?

Southwest does not fly from New Orleans (MSY) to Charlotte (CLT). 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 New Orleans 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 13 minutes
In the Air 87 minutes
Taxiing In 11 minutes
Arrives Charlotte 6 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 New Orleans to Charlotte, American is 81% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 81% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 81% 18% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New Orleans and Charlotte, 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)
American 13 87 11 113

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
6am 0.12
1pm 0.33
4pm 0.19
12pm 0.29
3pm 0.02
10am 0.3
7am 0.61
9am 0.78
8pm 0.01
5am 0.7
2pm 0.14
11am 0.28
6pm 0.84

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New Orleans to Charlotte 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 142
February 141
March 154
April 170
May 181
June 150
July 145
August 119
September 100
October 140
November 141
December 126

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New Orleans to Charlotte 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 4.81
Tuesday 4.31
Wednesday 4.79
Thursday 4.77
Friday 4.88
Saturday 4.48
Sunday 4.83

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
American 1

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)
6am 13 90 13 115
1pm 13 87 10 111
4pm 13 92 12 118
12pm 12 87 10 112
3pm 12 91 11 118
10am 13 88 12 114
7am 14 88 13 117
9am 13 87 10 111
8pm 17 88 23 128
5am 13 87 11 112
2pm 13 90 13 119
11am 13 85 9 110
6pm 13 88 13 115
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.