Flights Charlotte → New Orleans
CLT → MSY
How long is the flight from Charlotte to New Orleans?
The flight from Charlotte (CLT) to New Orleans (MSY) takes 1h 40m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to New Orleans operates with a high frequency of 458 flights, featuring an on-time performance rate of 79%. The average delay for these flights is approximately 13.6 minutes, and the aircraft used include Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Embraer 175, and Canadair Regional Jet 900, serving a destination airport that sees over eleven million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Charlotte (CLT) → New Orleans (MSY) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1055 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.38%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to New Orleans: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to New Orleans (MSY) heads south-west for about 1,048 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 40m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 28% of CLT-MSY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into New Orleans it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,055 tracked CLT-MSY flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 0.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLT-MSY
The flight from Charlotte (CLT) to New Orleans (MSY) takes 1h 40m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> New Orleans (MSY) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 1055 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-New Orleans is 0.38% across 1055 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
