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

Average Timeline

Leaves PHL Philadelphia, PA 4 minutes early.
19 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 34 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MSY New Orleans, LA 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
100%
United
100%
American
81%
Southwest
75%
Frontier
73%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Philadelphia to New Orleans is 3 hours, 3 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 34 minutes.

The flight distance from Philadelphia to New Orleans is 1089 Miles.

Reverse Journey

New Orleans to Philadelphia
2 hours, 43 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Frontier
3h 2m
American
3h 3m
Delta
3h 14m
Southwest
3h 15m
United
3h 24m
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

20

Distance

1089 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun01234

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
15
Frontier
4
Delta
0
Southwest
0
United
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Philadelphia from New Orleans by plane?

The distance from Philadelphia to New Orleans by plane is 1089 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Philadelphia to New Orleans?

The flight time from Philadelphia to New Orleans is 3 hours, 3 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 34 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Frontier being the fastest taking 3 hours, 2 minutes, and United the slowest taking 3 hours, 24 minutes.

What airlines fly from Philadelphia to New Orleans?

Southwest, United, Frontier, Delta, and American are the airlines with direct flights from Philadelphia to New Orleans.

Does Southwest fly from Philadelphia to New Orleans?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Philadelphia (PHL) to New Orleans (MSY). On average, they have 0 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 Philadelphia 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 154 minutes
Taxiing In 5 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 Philadelphia to New Orleans, Delta is 100% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 100% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 100% 0% 0%
United 100% 0% 0%
American 81% 18% 1%
Southwest 75% 25% 0%
Frontier 73% 24% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Philadelphia 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)
Frontier 17 155 7 182
American 20 154 5 183
Delta 12 177 4 194
Southwest 13 177 4 195
United 13 178 5 204

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
7pm 0.5
7am 0.01
8pm 0
5pm 0.2
2pm 0.13
3pm 0.05
9am 0.07
1pm 0.65
4pm 0.02
11am 0.27
10am 0.44
12pm 0.03
6pm 0.22
5am 0.01
8am 0.19
6am 0.09

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Philadelphia 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 69
February 98
March 93
April 111
May 110
June 87
July 89
August 73
September 73
October 102
November 86
December 78

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Philadelphia 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 3.33
Tuesday 2.31
Wednesday 2.52
Thursday 3.29
Friday 3.44
Saturday 2.38
Sunday 3.29

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
American 0
Frontier 0
Delta 0
Southwest 0
United 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)
7pm 27 147 4 180
7am 20 145 7 177
8pm 16 195 22 233
5pm 17 154 6 182
2pm 17 164 7 190
3pm 16 164 7 188
9am 22 156 5 183
1pm 16 157 5 180
4pm 18 165 8 189
11am 23 149 4 179
10am 21 157 4 183
12pm 15 171 6 189
6pm 18 156 7 184
5am 13 187 9 209
8am 22 163 6 193
6am 18 147 7 173
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.