SFO has 5 main security checkpoints plus a bonus one in Terminal 1, offering flexibility for quick access to your gate.
Round-trip from | $285 (FlightHub) |
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One-way from | $139 (Frontier) |
Popular in | December |
Cheapest in | September |
Average price | $419 |
Good round-trip deal | $359 or less |
Good one-way deal | $273 or less |
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Route
Depart
Return
Price
San FranciscoNew Orleans
SFO - MSY
SFOMSY
San Francisco
Thu 8/7
8:53 pm-8:51 am
1 stop9h 58m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Mon 8/11
9:19 am-10:25 am
1 stop27h 06m
San FranciscoNew Orleans
SFO - MSY
SFOMSY
San Francisco
Wed 8/27
10:55 am-8:48 pm
1 stop7h 53m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Tue 9/2
7:20 pm-12:06 pm
1 stop18h 46m
San FranciscoNew Orleans
SFO - MSY
SFOMSY
San Francisco
Fri 9/12
1:40 pm-11:00 pm
1 stop7h 20m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Tue 9/16
10:10 am-2:40 pm
1 stop6h 30m
San FranciscoNew Orleans
SFO - MSY
SFOMSY
San Francisco
Thu 9/25
5:46 pm-11:59 pm
Nonstop4h 13m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Sat 9/27
5:23 pm-8:05 pm
Nonstop4h 42m
San FranciscoNew Orleans
SFO - MSY
SFOMSY
San Francisco
Wed 9/17
8:45 am-5:57 am
2 stops19h 12m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Mon 9/22
7:17 am-11:59 pm
2 stops18h 42m
San FranciscoNew Orleans
SFO - MSY
SFOMSY
San Francisco
Thu 10/9
12:15 pm-10:32 pm
1 stop8h 17m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Tue 10/14
7:18 am-1:11 pm
1 stop7h 53m
San FranciscoNew Orleans
SFO - MSY
SFOMSY
San Francisco
Thu 9/11
6:18 pm-11:19 am
1 stop15h 01m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Sun 9/14
12:07 pm-12:02 pm
1 stop25h 55m
San FranciscoNew Orleans
SFO - MSY
SFOMSY
San Francisco
Thu 10/23
8:46 am-6:53 pm
1 stop8h 07m
San FranciscoNew Orleans
SFO - MSY
SFOMSY
San Francisco
Sun 10/26
11:59 pm-10:18 am
1 stop8h 19m
San FranciscoNew Orleans
SFO - MSY
SFOMSY
San Francisco
Tue 8/26
6:00 am-4:57 pm
1 stop8h 57m
Booking 84 days in advance of your planned departure date is, on average, the best time to get cheap flights from San Francisco to New Orleans. The general trend is that the closer you book to the departure date, the more expensive your flight will be.
Currently, August is the cheapest month in which you can book a flight from San Francisco to New Orleans (average of $256). Flying from San Francisco to New Orleans in April is currently the most expensive (average of $343). There are several factors that can impact the price of a flight, so comparing airlines, departure airports and flight times can provide users with more options.
Unlike in the morning, when flights are generally more expensive, you can save up to 7% on flights from San Francisco to New Orleans by exploring options for tickets in the afternoon.
Travelers seeking maximum savings on their San Francisco to New Orleans flight should consider departing on Tuesday at noon when fares are most often at their lowest. Sunday mornings flights should be avoided if possible as fares are typically the most expensive at this time.
The most flights from SFO to MSY are scheduled on a Sunday (4 on average). You will have fewer flight options on Monday, which is when the least amount of flights are scheduled (2 on average).
San Diego (SAN) – chosen by Cheapflights users on 33% of 1-stop itineraries from San Francisco to New Orleans on Cheapflights.
Denver (DEN) is the most affordable 1-stop option, with an average round-trip price of $272.
Flights via Seattle (SEA) have the shortest average one-way travel time for 1-stop routes: 5h 35m.
Flights via Seattle (SEA) offer the fastest connection on this route, with an average layover time of 1h 04m.
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