Flights from Memphis to New Orleans

• The average flight time from Memphis, TN to New Orleans, LA takes about 54 minutes.
• The newest aircraft servicing MEM to MSY in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' A319 from Airbus Industrie. The A319 started flying in 1997.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Memphis to New Orleans in 2009 was 78.5%.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Memphis to New Orleans.
• The shortest flight distance between Memphis and New Orleans is 349 miles.
• In 2009, there were 4 airline companies operating between Memphis and New Orleans.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from MEM to MSY using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• There were 105,253 passengers that flew from Memphis to New Orleans in 2009.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 105,147 passengers from MEM to MSY in 2009.
• 129,276 seats were available on flights from MEM to MSY in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 105,253 passengers flew on all flights from MEM to MSY that year.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Memphis and New Orleans from Northwest Airlines is the A320-1/2 built by Airbus Industrie with 148 seats.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Memphis, TN to New Orleans, LA in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' DC-9-30 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, ExpressJet Airlines, Chautauqua Airlines offer flights from Memphis, TN to New Orleans, LA.
• The shortest flight between MEM and MSY takes about 54 minutes.
• Flight #349, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 5 minutes average delay between flights from Memphis to New Orleans.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MEM to MSY for Chautauqua Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• Northwest Airlines operates the shortest flights from Memphis to New Orleans.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)