
Most accurate provider | FlightHub 3 stars |
|---|---|
Most trusted provider | FlightHub 3 stars |
Round-trip from | $198 (Kiwi.com) |
One-way from | $59 (Trip.com) |
Popular in | April |
Cheapest in | September |
Average price | $321 |
Good round-trip deal | $228 or less |
Good one-way deal | $118 or less |
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Route
Depart
Return
New YorkNew Orleans
JFK - MSY
JFKMSY
New York John F Kennedy Intl
Sun 5/31
3:29 pm-5:57 pm
Nonstop3h 28m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Tue 6/2
7:48 pm-11:59 pm
Nonstop3h 11m
New YorkNew Orleans
JFK - MSY
JFKMSY
New York John F Kennedy Intl
Sat 5/30
3:29 pm-5:54 pm
Nonstop3h 25m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Tue 6/2
7:48 pm-11:59 pm
Nonstop3h 11m
New YorkNew Orleans
LGA - MSY
LGAMSY
New York LaGuardia
Sat 7/25
7:15 am-9:25 am
Nonstop3h 10m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Tue 7/28
6:59 pm-11:13 pm
Nonstop3h 14m
New YorkNew Orleans
LGA - MSY
LGAMSY
New York LaGuardia
Fri 7/17
4:40 pm-7:15 pm
Nonstop3h 35m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Mon 7/20
1:45 pm-11:20 pm
2 stops8h 35m
New YorkNew Orleans
JFK - MSY
JFKMSY
New York John F Kennedy Intl
Wed 7/8
9:00 am-11:14 am
Nonstop3h 14m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Sat 7/11
12:05 pm-4:16 pm
Nonstop3h 11m
New YorkNew Orleans
LGA - MSY
LGAMSY
New York LaGuardia
Fri 7/24
4:40 pm-7:15 pm
Nonstop3h 35m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Sat 8/1
3:00 pm-11:00 pm
1 stop7h 00m
NewarkNew Orleans
EWR - MSY
EWRMSY
Newark
Mon 5/25
7:00 am-9:11 am
Nonstop3h 11m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Wed 5/27
6:00 am-10:04 am
Nonstop3h 04m
New YorkNew Orleans
LGA - MSY
LGAMSY
New York LaGuardia
Sat 7/11
3:00 pm-5:30 pm
Nonstop3h 30m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Mon 7/13
6:59 pm-11:13 pm
Nonstop3h 14m
New YorkNew Orleans
JFK - MSY
JFKMSY
New York John F Kennedy Intl
Sat 7/11
8:30 am-10:51 am
Nonstop3h 21m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Mon 7/13
7:50 pm-11:59 pm
Nonstop3h 09m
NewarkNew Orleans
EWR - MSY
EWRMSY
Newark
Mon 6/22
3:08 pm-9:49 pm
1 stop7h 41m
New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Thu 6/25
7:39 pm-11:44 pm
Nonstop3h 05m
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To ensure you get the cheapest price possible for a flight from New York to New Orleans, you should look to book at least 73 days in advance of your intended travel date. The price of your flight may increase if you delay and leave booking until a week or so before departure.
Currently, September is the cheapest month in which you can book a flight from New York to New Orleans (average of $203). Flying from New York to New Orleans in March is currently the most expensive (average of $431). 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.
It’s optimal to fly from New York to New Orleans in the evening. By choosing this option you can save up to 16% on the cost of your flight, compared to a flight in the afternoon.
Travelers seeking maximum savings on their New York to New Orleans flight should consider departing on Wednesday evenings when fares are most often at their lowest. Thursday afternoons flights should be avoided if possible as fares are typically the most expensive at this time.
The most flights from NYC to MSY are scheduled on a Friday (30 on average). You will have fewer flight options on Saturday, which is when the least amount of flights are scheduled (7 on average).
Atlanta (ATL) – chosen by Cheapflights users on 50% of 1-stop itineraries from New York to New Orleans on Cheapflights.
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) is the most affordable 1-stop option, with an average round-trip price of $125.
Flights via Charlotte (CLT) have the shortest average one-way travel time for 1-stop routes: 4h 50m.
Flights via Orlando (MCO) offer the fastest connection on this route, with an average layover time of 0h 39m.
About 20% of weekly flights between New York and New Orleans have experienced delays in the past year, with the average delay time being 165 minutes.
Historically, flights departing in the morning are less likely to be delayed, whereas flights leaving at night tend to experience delays more often.
Saturday tends to have the lowest number of delays on this route, whereas Sunday has historically faced a higher average of delays compared to other days of the week.
Over the last year, Delta have had the lowest number of delays on this route, with just 14% of flights being delayed.
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You can fly to New Orleans from a lot of airports in New York but the most flights will go from either Liberty International Airport in Newark, JFK in Queens, or LaGuardia in Queens. There are some direct flights, as well as those with one stop.
New Orleans’ airport is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It’s 11 miles from the downtown district of the city. It serves all of the city and the southeast region of the state of Louisiana. The airport is just 4.5 feet above sea level making it the second-lowest airport in the world.
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