The flight time from New Orleans to Dallas Fort Worth is 1 hour, 43 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves MSY New Orleans, LA 2 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 14 minutes in the air
14 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DFW Dallas Fort Worth, TX 1 minute early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
80%
American
74%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New Orleans to Dallas Fort Worth is 1 hour, 43 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 14 minutes.

The flight distance from New Orleans to Dallas Fort Worth is 447 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Dallas Fort Worth to New Orleans
1 hour, 25 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
1h 41m
American
1h 43m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

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

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

58

Distance

447 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
51
Spirit
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New Orleans from Dallas Fort Worth by plane?

The distance from New Orleans to Dallas Fort Worth by plane is 447 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 Dallas Fort Worth?

The flight time from New Orleans to Dallas Fort Worth is 1 hour, 43 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 14 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 1 hour, 41 minutes, and American the slowest taking 1 hour, 43 minutes.

What airlines fly from New Orleans to Dallas Fort Worth?

American and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from New Orleans to Dallas Fort Worth.

Does Southwest fly from New Orleans to Dallas Fort Worth?

Southwest does not fly from New Orleans (MSY) to Dallas Fort Worth (DFW). 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 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 74 minutes
Taxiing In 14 minutes
Arrives Dallas Fort Worth 1 minute 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 Dallas Fort Worth, Spirit is 80% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 80% 19% 1%
American 74% 24% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New Orleans and Dallas Fort Worth, 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 11 73 13 101
American 14 74 14 103

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 0.37
7am 0.89
5am 0.93
12pm 0.37
5pm 0.52
6am 0.13
10am 1
7pm 0.81
6pm 0.48
1pm 0.18
11am 0.4
9am 0.92
3pm 0.75
8am 0.02
4pm 0.32

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New Orleans to Dallas Fort Worth 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 215
February 244
March 282
April 259
May 274
June 256
July 287
August 259
September 210
October 252
November 256
December 225

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New Orleans to Dallas Fort Worth 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 8.67
Tuesday 8.04
Wednesday 8.17
Thursday 8.52
Friday 8.67
Saturday 7.58
Sunday 8.4

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
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 12 74 12 101
7am 16 75 14 108
5am 14 75 15 108
12pm 14 77 13 103
5pm 14 72 14 103
6am 14 74 14 103
10am 12 72 13 98
7pm 14 73 14 104
6pm 15 76 15 110
1pm 13 69 13 95
11am 14 73 13 100
9am 14 73 13 101
3pm 14 72 13 101
8am 9 77 20 107
4pm 16 78 13 110
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.