Breeze AirwaysMX
Flights MX1440 17:20 Mo Fr
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Direct flights from Richmond (RIC) to New Orleans (MSY): 2 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 12 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 2 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 1,457 km, an estimated 2 hours 22 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Richmond and New Orleans. Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:03 UTC.
Today, RIC → MSY
Mon 2 Nov · local times- 17:20 MX1440Breeze Left 17:41 +21 Landed 18:42 −24
Checked RIC board 22:18 · MSY board 22:03
RIC
Richmond
smooth · +13
MSY
New Orleans
smooth · +0
1,457 km · ~2h 22m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 2x weekly · nonstop
91 / 100
route health from live RIC and MSY delay boards
Median arrival delay is −12 min. 0 of 2 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival−12 minacross the last 2 arrivals
Flight time~2h 22mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures2x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Breeze Airways
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsWeather lens
Conditions are tightest at RIC and MSY: a 42% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +9 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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How the Richmond to New Orleans route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop RIC to MSY flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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Pro Flight Search: Richmond (RIC) to New Orleans (MSY) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/RIC-MSY
RIC to MSY questions
Is RIC–MSY running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at RIC is the weaker end, route health score 91/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from RIC to MSY?
Great-circle distance is 1,457 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 133–155 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does RIC–MSY fly?
Breeze Airways runs the route with about 2 flights a week (mon, fri). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at RIC and arrival-side delay at MSY, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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