Direct flights from New Orleans
48 nonstop destinations. Zero layovers, zero connections — just one hop out of MSY.
Usually: Denver (DEN), on Frontier
London (LHR), 4,600 miles · 7 h 55 m
summer (July to September), about 10% below the year's average fare
Where one hop gets you
Dashed arcs = nonstop routes from MSY · updates with the day filterDrag to pan · scroll with ⌘/Ctrl to zoom · arrow keys when focused
Hotels near MSY with a free airport shuttle 13% of flights from MSY leave before 7am
Airline schedules filed for the week of Jan 4–Jan 10 show these changes from MSY:
- Allegiant to Cincinnati (CVG) — 2 flights that week; not flying it now
- Avelo Airlines to DTX (DTX) — 2 flights that week; not flying it now
- Sun Country to Minneapolis (MSP) — none scheduled that week; 3 a week now
From schedules as filed on Nov 1. Airlines change them, so confirm before you book. We check Allegiant, Breeze, Avelo and Sun Country once a month — the airlines whose routes come and go with the seasons.
Delta
Southwest
American
United
Sun CountryFlight numbers from New Orleans (MSY)
Each one's timetable, usual aircraft and how it ran in our sample — 12 of the 58 we cover from MSY, flown most days first.
What changed since August 2026
Comparing August 2026 with November 2026 · MSY
- Delta stopped flying to Austin.
- Southwest stopped flying to Cancun.
- Frontier stopped flying to Philadelphia.
- Delta started flying to Chicago (MDW).
- Delta started flying to Dallas.
- Frontier started flying to Las Vegas.
- Nonstop service to Cancun stopped and later resumed, peaking at 6 flights a week.
- Seattle dropped from 14 flights a week to 7 flights.
…and 24 smaller changes over the same period.
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Where can you fly nonstop from New Orleans (MSY)?
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) offers nonstop flights to 48 destinations across the United States, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom. The busiest direct routes from MSY are served by Southwest, Delta, Frontier and American, with the most frequent nonstop service to Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth and Orlando.
Headed abroad without a connection? MSY has direct international flights to Toronto, London and Cancun. Use the day filter above to see exactly which routes fly on the day you want to travel. Route data updated November 2026 from observed departures.
Usually the cheapest nonstop from New Orleans is to Denver (DEN) on Frontier, then Fort Lauderdale (FLL), then Austin (AUS) on Southwest.
Longest nonstop from New Orleans: London (LHR), about 4,600 miles and 7 h 55 m.
Fares from New Orleans are usually lowest in summer (July to September): about 10% below the year's average in US DOT fares for the year to March 2026. They are highest in winter (January to March).
Airlines and flight times at MSY
12 airlines fly nonstop out of MSY. Southwest runs the biggest operation — about 395 of the 1015 weekly departures (39%), across 20 routes — followed by American and United.
The airlines flying nonstop out of New Orleans are Southwest, American, United, Delta, Breeze Airways, JetBlue, Frontier, Alaska, Sun Country, Air Canada, British Airways and Avelo Airlines.
On 29 of New Orleans's 48 nonstop routes, a single airline has the service to itself — United is the only airline with a nonstop to Houston (IAH), and Southwest the only one to Houston (HOU).
The shortest nonstop out of MSY is Houston (HOU) at about 52m in the air; the longest is London at about 7h56m.
Route data updated November 2026 from observed flight departures. Schedules change — always confirm with the airline before booking.