MSY to ORD: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from New Orleans to Chicago?

The great-circle distance between Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is 1,349 km (838 mi, 729 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 MSY to ORD?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 2h 10m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. ORD is roughly north of MSY.

How is the MSY to ORD route written in code?

The pair is written MSY-ORD in IATA codes and KMSY-KORD in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is MSY (KMSY), Chicago O'Hare International Airport is ORD (KORD).

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.

ORD sits 676 ft (206 m) higher than MSY, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying MSY to ORD

1 airline appear on this route in the open route dataset, 1 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 12 carriers sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: AA, AC, AS, BA, EI, EY, IB, JL, NH, QF, QR, US.

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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