Austin (AUS) – New Orleans (MSY)
- Distance
- 713 km
- 443 mi · 385 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 21 min / 1 h 31 min
- Average gate to gate: AUS → MSY / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 90 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (53 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 352,227
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +9.2%
- Flights / week
- 76
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 63%
- 561,067 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- WN, OO
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 AUS
- 90°
- Heading from MSY
- 274°
- Halfway point
- 30.15, -93.96
- Great-circle km
- 712 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air AUS → MSY
- 1 h 1 min
- In the air MSY → AUS
- 1 h 10 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 25,532 |
| Sep 2025 | 27,404 |
| Oct 2025 | 36,451 |
| Nov 2025 | 32,133 |
| Dec 2025 | 30,477 |
| Jan 2026 | 22,964 |
| Feb 2026 | 29,199 |
| Mar 2026 | 31,238 |
| Apr 2026 | 31,113 |
| May 2026 | 31,694 |
| Jun 2026 | 28,163 |
| Jul 2026 | 25,859 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 362 |
| Sep 2025 | 355 |
| Oct 2025 | 397 |
| Nov 2025 | 333 |
| Dec 2025 | 326 |
| Jan 2026 | 300 |
| Feb 2026 | 318 |
| Mar 2026 | 334 |
| Apr 2026 | 320 |
| May 2026 | 321 |
| Jun 2026 | 305 |
| Jul 2026 | 290 |
Airlines flying AUS–MSY nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 58 | 88% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 18 | 12% |
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 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,165 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,141 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 924 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 721 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 4 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 2 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 2 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 1 flight
Also carried: 145 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 3,969
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 76.8% | 13 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 79.6% | 17 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 36% · aircraft arriving late 42% · air traffic system 15% · weather 6% · 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
- $200
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $169
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 81% of passengers · $197
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 81% of passengers · $197
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $154 · Q3 2025 $148 · Q4 2025 $172 · Q1 2026 $200).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $204, likely $177–$233
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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 9.2%). 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: 712 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.