Los Angeles to New Orleans

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Los Angeles to New Orleans. From €227.29, fastest 7h 3m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Los Angeles to New Orleans runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €227.29, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 3m over 2,767 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 19, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €227.29, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€227.29

  • 193%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Los Angeles

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:25First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €535.86Sun20
  2. about €419.63Mon21
  3. about €370.07Tue22
  4. about €418.45Wed23
  5. about €545.30Thu24
  6. about €468.01Fri25
  7. about €376.56Sat26
  8. about €393.67Sun27
  9. about €265.64Mon28
  10. about €286.29Tue29
  11. about €309.89Wed30
  12. about €384.23Thu1
  13. about €403.11Fri2
  14. about €257.38Sat3
  15. about €243.81Sun4
  16. about €262.10Mon5
  17. about €227.29Tue6
  18. about €253.84Wed7
  19. about €308.71Thu8
  20. about €279.21Fri9
  21. about €293.37Sat10

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into New Orleans. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in New Orleans for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from East New Orleans and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Los Angeles to New Orleans

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €283.3490 days
  2. €183.0460 days
  3. €183.0445 days
  4. €184.2230 days
  5. €293.3721 days
  6. €257.3814 days
  7. €376.567 days
  8. €370.073 days
  9. €535.861 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €183.04.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 193 percent. The most expensive point is €535.86, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€535.86€183.04137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Los Angeles to New Orleans and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

2 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

2,767 km

2,686 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

3,820,914362,701

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Los AngelesLos AngelesNew OrleansNew Orleans
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

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 2,767 km against 2,686 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 Austin, Houston, Phoenix, Dallas. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near East New Orleans

Most of the points near East New Orleans open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Los Angeles to New Orleans

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from Los Angeles to New Orleans?

The fastest journey from Los Angeles to New Orleans takes 7h 3m door to door, of which 4h 1m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 19m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans?

The cheapest fare from Los Angeles to New Orleans is €227.29, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €370.07. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Los Angeles to New Orleans?

The cheapest way from Los Angeles to New Orleans is by flight, at €227.29 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 7h 11m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Los Angeles to New Orleans?

Fares from Los Angeles to New Orleans bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €183.04. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 193 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Los Angeles to New Orleans?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Los Angeles to New Orleans, at €265.64. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Los Angeles to New Orleans?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans, at €186.58 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Los Angeles to New Orleans?

No operator record names Los Angeles to New Orleans directly. Delta Air Lines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Los Angeles to New Orleans?

20 percent of the services we sell from Los Angeles to New Orleans are direct. The rest connect at Austin, Houston, Phoenix, Dallas, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Los Angeles to New Orleans use?

Services from Los Angeles to New Orleans by flight leave from Los Angeles LAX and arrive at New Orleans MSY. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Los Angeles to New Orleans?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Los Angeles to New Orleans allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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 No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Los Angeles to New Orleans on September 19, 2026: 2767 km of route against 2686 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €227.29, and 7h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives New Orleans a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of New Orleans and across United States

Day trips that leave New Orleans in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Los Angeles reaches 198 places in 41 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 14,124 km. New Orleans reaches 42 places in 4 countries, from 105 to 7,446 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Los Angeles

  • 198Places you can leave for
  • 41Countries
  • 83Operators

Arriving in New Orleans

Leaving New Orleans

  • 42Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 15Operators

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