New York (LGA) – New Orleans (MSY)
- Distance
- 1,905 km
- 1,184 mi · 1,028 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 21 min / 2 h 51 min
- Average gate to gate: LGA → MSY / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 239 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (142 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 362,782
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.1%
- Flights / week
- 52
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 434,216 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, AA, 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 LGA
- 236°
- Heading from MSY
- 47°
- Halfway point
- 35.67, -82.62
- Great-circle km
- 1,904 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LGA → MSY
- 2 h 48 min
- In the air MSY → LGA
- 2 h 29 min
- Clocks
- New Orleans is 1 h behind New York
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 29,649 |
| Sep 2025 | 28,043 |
| Oct 2025 | 33,720 |
| Nov 2025 | 32,222 |
| Dec 2025 | 32,887 |
| Jan 2026 | 26,793 |
| Feb 2026 | 28,819 |
| Mar 2026 | 31,780 |
| Apr 2026 | 32,550 |
| May 2026 | 31,283 |
| Jun 2026 | 27,436 |
| Jul 2026 | 27,600 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 233 |
| Sep 2025 | 232 |
| Oct 2025 | 232 |
| Nov 2025 | 224 |
| Dec 2025 | 226 |
| Jan 2026 | 212 |
| Feb 2026 | 220 |
| Mar 2026 | 231 |
| Apr 2026 | 234 |
| May 2026 | 240 |
| Jun 2026 | 220 |
| Jul 2026 | 214 |
Airlines flying LGA–MSY nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 26 | 48% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 13 | 27% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 12 | 24% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 0.7 | 1% |
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 · 1,412 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 416 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 308 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 278 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 240 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 38 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 11 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 8 flights
Also carried: 51 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 71.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 24 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.9%
- Flights counted
- 2,840
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 77.6% | 20 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 65.2% | 32 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 65.6% | 24 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 73.7% | 15 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 41% · air traffic system 23% · 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
- $236
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $225
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 45% of passengers · $267
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 23% of passengers · $203
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $230 · Q3 2025 $188 · Q4 2025 $242 · Q1 2026 $236).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $241, likely $208–$275
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.3%). 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 10% 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: 1,904 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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