The flight time from Los Angeles to New Orleans is 3 hours, 34 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LAX Los Angeles, CA 1 minute early.
17 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 10 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MSY New Orleans, LA 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
88%
Delta
87%
Southwest
80%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Los Angeles to New Orleans is 3 hours, 34 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 10 minutes.

The flight distance from Los Angeles to New Orleans is 1670 Miles.

Reverse Journey

New Orleans to Los Angeles
4 hours, 9 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
3h 29m
Southwest
3h 35m
Delta
3h 36m
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

31

Distance

1670 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun012345

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
17
Spirit
7
Southwest
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Los Angeles from New Orleans by plane?

The distance from Los Angeles to New Orleans by plane is 1670 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Los Angeles to New Orleans?

The flight time from Los Angeles to New Orleans is 3 hours, 34 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 10 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 3 hours, 29 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 3 hours, 36 minutes.

What airlines fly from Los Angeles to New Orleans?

Southwest, Delta, and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Los Angeles to New Orleans.

Does Southwest fly from Los Angeles to New Orleans?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Los Angeles (LAX) to New Orleans (MSY). On average, they have 6 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

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 Los Angeles 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 190 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives New Orleans 5 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 Los Angeles to New Orleans, Southwest is 80% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 88% 11% 1%
Delta 87% 12% 1%
Southwest 80% 20% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Los Angeles 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)
Spirit 13 191 4 209
Southwest 19 190 4 215
Delta 20 190 5 216

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
9am 0.38
2pm 0.01
6pm 0.89
1pm 0.15
7am 0.65
5am 0.04
5pm 0.37
7pm 0.37
3pm 0.03
11am 0.2
10am 0.45
6am 0.08
12pm 0.39
8am 0.39

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles 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 128
February 123
March 141
April 137
May 150
June 141
July 136
August 131
September 133
October 137
November 127
December 137

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles 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 4.67
Tuesday 4.13
Wednesday 4.13
Thursday 4.79
Friday 4.79
Saturday 3.83
Sunday 4.83

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
Delta 0
Spirit 0
Southwest 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)
9am 20 191 4 217
2pm 11 190 3 206
6pm 15 192 4 213
1pm 19 186 5 212
7am 17 189 5 213
5am 13 193 5 216
5pm 18 189 4 213
7pm 13 189 4 206
3pm 15 181 5 209
11am 22 188 6 218
10am 20 190 6 219
6am 15 189 5 209
12pm 20 189 5 216
8am 21 192 4 216
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.