Los Angeles (LAX) – New Orleans (MSY)
- Distance
- 2,687 km
- 1,670 mi · 1,451 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 36 min / 4 h 8 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → MSY / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 337 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (199 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 412,246
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −10.6%
- Flights / week
- 62
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 530,444 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, WN, NK
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 LAX
- 92°
- Heading from MSY
- 287°
- Halfway point
- 32.76, -104.03
- Great-circle km
- 2,682 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → MSY
- 3 h 14 min
- In the air MSY → LAX
- 3 h 43 min
- Clocks
- New Orleans is 2 h ahead of Los Angeles
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 30,224 |
| Sep 2025 | 30,309 |
| Oct 2025 | 46,025 |
| Nov 2025 | 36,964 |
| Dec 2025 | 38,140 |
| Jan 2026 | 25,739 |
| Feb 2026 | 30,847 |
| Mar 2026 | 35,073 |
| Apr 2026 | 33,863 |
| May 2026 | 34,359 |
| Jun 2026 | 35,006 |
| Jul 2026 | 35,697 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 233 |
| Sep 2025 | 243 |
| Oct 2025 | 350 |
| Nov 2025 | 280 |
| Dec 2025 | 289 |
| Jan 2026 | 217 |
| Feb 2026 | 265 |
| Mar 2026 | 289 |
| Apr 2026 | 284 |
| May 2026 | 266 |
| Jun 2026 | 253 |
| Jul 2026 | 264 |
Airlines flying LAX–MSY nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 36 | 56% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 14 | 24% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 5.7 | 11% |
| MXBreeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze | 6.5 | 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 · 1,835 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 382 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 332 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 302 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 139 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 118 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 74 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 38 flights
Also carried: 274 tonnes of freight and 4 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Flights counted
- 2,916
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 82.4% | 14 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 68.4% | 18 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 79.7% | 23 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 48% · aircraft arriving late 38% · air traffic system 12% · weather 2% · 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
- $326
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $266
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 47% of passengers · $406
- Lowest-fare airline
- Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- 15% of passengers · $174
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $254 · Q3 2025 $228 · Q4 2025 $259 · Q1 2026 $326).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $333, likely $288–$379
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 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 9% 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: 2,682 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.