The flight time from Boston to New Orleans is 3 hours, 39 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BOS Boston, MA 4 minutes early.
19 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 11 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MSY New Orleans, LA 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
85%
JetBlue
82%
Spirit
72%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Boston to New Orleans is 3 hours, 39 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 11 minutes.

The flight distance from Boston to New Orleans is 1368 Miles.

Reverse Journey

New Orleans to Boston
3 hours, 10 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Delta
3h 39m
JetBlue
3h 39m
Spirit
3h 40m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

17

Distance

1368 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

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Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
8
Delta
6
Spirit
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Boston from New Orleans by plane?

The distance from Boston to New Orleans by plane is 1368 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Boston to New Orleans?

The flight time from Boston to New Orleans is 3 hours, 39 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 11 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Delta being the fastest taking 3 hours, 39 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 3 hours, 40 minutes.

What airlines fly from Boston to New Orleans?

Spirit, Delta, and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from Boston to New Orleans.

Does Southwest fly from Boston to New Orleans?

Southwest does not fly from Boston (BOS) to New Orleans (MSY). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Boston 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 191 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives New Orleans 8 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Boston to New Orleans, Spirit is 72% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 72% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 85% 13% 2%
JetBlue 82% 16% 2%
Spirit 72% 25% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Boston and New Orleans, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Delta 19 190 6 219
JetBlue 19 191 6 219
Spirit 15 197 5 220

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
8am 0.46
11am 0.63
9am 0.08
12pm 0.11
6am 0.38
10am 0.14
7am 0.3
3pm 0.11
6pm 0.05
5pm 0.03
4pm 0.08
7pm 0.07
2pm 0

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to New Orleans that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 82
February 58
March 61
April 58
May 88
June 72
July 62
August 61
September 60
October 86
November 108
December 117

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to New Orleans that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 2.62
Tuesday 2.31
Wednesday 2.27
Thursday 2.62
Friday 2.65
Saturday 2.48
Sunday 2.62

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
JetBlue 0
Delta 0
Spirit 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
8am 21 191 7 225
11am 18 187 5 212
9am 18 191 6 218
12pm 18 204 5 230
6am 18 183 5 207
10am 16 202 5 221
7am 19 195 7 228
3pm 18 194 8 225
6pm 16 187 6 215
5pm 17 211 6 233
4pm 22 199 6 229
7pm 17 189 6 222
2pm 20 189 7 216
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.