Fastest€151.77
- Delta Air Lines DA841006:232h 36m07:59Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport DTWLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport MSY
Door to door 5h 46mCO2 325.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Detroit to New Orleans flight
Flights from Detroit to New Orleans start at €147.64 and take 5h 46m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Detroit to New Orleans on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Detroit to New Orleans starts at €147.64 and takes 5h 46m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,558 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 5h 46mDoor to door
- 2h 36mMoving
- €153.54 to €311.07From
- 06:23 to 07:30First and last departure
- 3Per day
- 325.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€153.54 to €311.07 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €277.44Mon21
- about €251.48Tue22
- about €293.37Wed23
- about €311.07Thu24
- about €256.79Fri25
- about €289.24Sat26
- about €279.80Sun27
- about €153.54Mon28
- about €159.44Tue29
- about €178.32Wed30
- about €236.73Thu1
- about €192.48Fri2
- about €193.07Sat3
- about €194.25Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Delta Air Lines | €131.71 | 5h 32m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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When to book Detroit to New Orleans
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €144.8390 days
- €114.5860 days
- €85.9845 days
- €102.2130 days
- €150.4921 days
- €152.5314 days
- €233.387 days
- €261.043 days
- €244.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €85.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 204 percent. The dearest point is €261.04, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €152.53Sun
- €153.54Mon
- €147.03Tue
- €178.32Wed
- €196.53Thu
- €176.89Fri
- €193.07Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Detroit
Air
- DTW
New Orleans
Air
- MSY
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,558 km against 1,513 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nashville, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Detroit at 06:23 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Detroit to New Orleans
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Detroit to New Orleans take?
The Flight from Detroit to New Orleans takes 5h 46m door to door, of which 2h 36m is spent moving. The route runs 1,558 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Detroit to New Orleans cost?
The Flight from Detroit to New Orleans starts at €147.64 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €151.77. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Detroit to New Orleans?
1 operators run the Flight from Detroit to New Orleans: Delta Air Lines. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Detroit to New Orleans use?
The Flight from Detroit to New Orleans leaves from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport DTW and arrives at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport MSY. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Detroit to New Orleans?
Fares for the Flight from Detroit to New Orleans bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €85.98. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 204 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Detroit to New Orleans produce?
The Flight from Detroit to New Orleans produces about 325.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1558 km, which works out at roughly 209 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Detroit to New Orleans on 20 September 2026: 1558 km of route against 1513 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €147.64, and 5h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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