Denver (DEN) – New Orleans (MSY)
- Distance
- 1,708 km
- 1,061 mi · 922 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 32 min / 2 h 53 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → MSY / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 215 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (127 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 573,231
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.6%
- Flights / week
- 87
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 76%
- 753,490 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- WN, UA, 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 DEN
- 125°
- Heading from MSY
- 314°
- Halfway point
- 35.14, -97.03
- Great-circle km
- 1,708 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → MSY
- 2 h 9 min
- In the air MSY → DEN
- 2 h 31 min
- Clocks
- New Orleans is 1 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 36,483 |
| Sep 2025 | 40,120 |
| Oct 2025 | 59,291 |
| Nov 2025 | 48,966 |
| Dec 2025 | 50,335 |
| Jan 2026 | 44,391 |
| Feb 2026 | 53,301 |
| Mar 2026 | 58,489 |
| Apr 2026 | 50,514 |
| May 2026 | 50,429 |
| Jun 2026 | 42,383 |
| Jul 2026 | 38,529 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 296 |
| Sep 2025 | 311 |
| Oct 2025 | 448 |
| Nov 2025 | 396 |
| Dec 2025 | 378 |
| Jan 2026 | 346 |
| Feb 2026 | 413 |
| Mar 2026 | 456 |
| Apr 2026 | 428 |
| May 2026 | 410 |
| Jun 2026 | 323 |
| Jul 2026 | 331 |
Airlines flying DEN–MSY nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 41 | 46% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 39 | 44% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 7.6 | 10% |
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 737-800 · 1,255 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,150 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 596 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 380 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 375 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 308 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 239 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 132 flights
Also carried: 249 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Flights counted
- 4,554
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72.1% | 16 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 86.4% | 9 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 78.8% | 18 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 46% · air traffic system 22% · weather 3% · 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
- $236
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $233
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 38% of passengers · $284
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 22% of passengers · $152
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $229 · Q4 2025 $233 · Q1 2026 $236).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,708 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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