Atlanta (ATL) – New Orleans (MSY)
- Distance
- 684 km
- 425 mi · 370 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 30 min / 1 h 28 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → MSY / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 86 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (51 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,180,655
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −11.4%
- Flights / week
- 153
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 1,472,898 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, WN, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 235°
- Heading from MSY
- 52°
- Halfway point
- 31.85, -87.40
- Great-circle km
- 684 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → MSY
- 1 h 8 min
- In the air MSY → ATL
- 1 h 1 min
- Clocks
- New Orleans is 1 h behind Atlanta
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 95,393 |
| Sep 2025 | 92,081 |
| Oct 2025 | 121,774 |
| Nov 2025 | 104,696 |
| Dec 2025 | 99,226 |
| Jan 2026 | 81,894 |
| Feb 2026 | 93,091 |
| Mar 2026 | 100,390 |
| Apr 2026 | 100,374 |
| May 2026 | 106,307 |
| Jun 2026 | 92,837 |
| Jul 2026 | 92,592 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 656 |
| Sep 2025 | 609 |
| Oct 2025 | 791 |
| Nov 2025 | 727 |
| Dec 2025 | 690 |
| Jan 2026 | 594 |
| Feb 2026 | 626 |
| Mar 2026 | 674 |
| Apr 2026 | 670 |
| May 2026 | 690 |
| Jun 2026 | 606 |
| Jul 2026 | 613 |
Airlines flying ATL–MSY nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 124 | 83% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 14 | 7% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 9.5 | 7% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 5.2 | 3% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-900ER · 3,511 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 2,023 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 975 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 312 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 283 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 268 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 268 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 200 flights
Also carried: 218 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 81.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.5%
- Flights counted
- 8,053
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 84.9% | 10 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 73.6% | 14 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 57.2% | 33 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 73.1% | 21 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 41% · air traffic system 20% · weather 4% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $246
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $207
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 61% of passengers · $302
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 16% of passengers · $124
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $185 · Q3 2025 $180 · Q4 2025 $218 · Q1 2026 $246).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $251, likely $217–$286
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.2%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 7% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 684 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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