Cheap flights from Los Angeles to New Orleans from $213

The cheapest month to fly to New Orleans from Los Angeles is in September. Flight prices, which tend to average around $399, are often lower during this time because this is during the off-season. If you don’t want to visit New Orleans in September, then you should wait until August to fly from Los Angeles, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of $402.

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You are more likely to see cheaper flights to New Orleans from Los Angeles when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to New Orleans for around $498 when searching weeks before you fly. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to New Orleans from Los Angeles for as low as $353 on momondo.

There is only 1 cabin class available to choose from on Los Angeles to New Orleans flights. Cabin price and availability will vary by airline so perform a search above to find the right deals for you.

No. A direct flight is the cheapest option for a flight between Los Angeles to New Orleans.

As of July 2026, prices for Los Angeles to New Orleans flights are approximately 6% cheaper when compared to flights at the same time last year.

Historically, on average around 17% of flights between Los Angeles and New Orleans have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 142 minutes.

Generally, flights departing in the morning tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing in the early afternoon have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Wednesday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Sunday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, Delta have had the fewest delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 14% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

The number of flights available between Los Angeles and New Orleans is 11 per day as of July 2026. The most frequent departure time is 18:00, with 52% of daily flights leaving in the evening.

As of July 2026, 79 flights take off from Los Angeles and land in New Orleans each week. The most common flight departure day for this route is Thu, with 19% of weekly flights taking off on this day.