Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – New Orleans (MSY)
- Distance
- 1,085 km
- 674 mi · 586 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 4 min / 1 h 51 min
- Average gate to gate: FLL → MSY / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 136 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (81 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 362,587
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +16.7%
- Flights / week
- 53
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 75%
- 480,398 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- NK, B6, WN
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 FLL
- 296°
- Heading from MSY
- 111°
- Halfway point
- 28.13, -85.12
- Great-circle km
- 1,083 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air FLL → MSY
- 1 h 41 min
- In the air MSY → FLL
- 1 h 31 min
- Clocks
- New Orleans is 1 h behind Fort Lauderdale
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 20,901 |
| Sep 2025 | 23,161 |
| Oct 2025 | 30,348 |
| Nov 2025 | 32,878 |
| Dec 2025 | 37,196 |
| Jan 2026 | 32,415 |
| Feb 2026 | 35,711 |
| Mar 2026 | 37,245 |
| Apr 2026 | 35,283 |
| May 2026 | 25,016 |
| Jun 2026 | 26,665 |
| Jul 2026 | 25,768 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 179 |
| Sep 2025 | 192 |
| Oct 2025 | 215 |
| Nov 2025 | 255 |
| Dec 2025 | 280 |
| Jan 2026 | 246 |
| Feb 2026 | 266 |
| Mar 2026 | 276 |
| Apr 2026 | 283 |
| May 2026 | 196 |
| Jun 2026 | 191 |
| Jul 2026 | 188 |
Airlines flying FLL–MSY nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 21 | 41% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 18 | 31% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 14 | 28% |
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
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,143 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 329 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 287 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 287 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 283 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 257 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 121 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 59 flights
Also carried: 89 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 69.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.2%
- Flights counted
- 2,823
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 75.3% | 16 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 62.9% | 28 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 69.8% | 15 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 43% · air traffic system 20% · 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
- $157
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $145
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 35% of passengers · $106
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 35% of passengers · $106
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $154 · Q3 2025 $133 · Q4 2025 $135 · Q1 2026 $157).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $160, likely $139–$183
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.3%). 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 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,083 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.