EWR to MSY: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Newark to New Orleans?

The great-circle distance between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is 1,878 km (1,167 mi, 1,014 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from EWR to MSY?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 2h 50m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. MSY is roughly southwest of EWR.

How is the EWR to MSY route written in code?

The pair is written EWR-MSY in IATA codes and KEWR-KMSY in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Newark Liberty International Airport is EWR (KEWR), Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is MSY (KMSY).

Both ICAO codes start with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

The two fields sit at almost the same height, within 14 ft (4 m) of each other.

Airlines flying EWR to MSY

2 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 2 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 3 carriers sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: AC, FL, LH.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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