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KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Illinois to Louisiana.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Illinois to Louisiana is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from Illinois to Louisiana with an airline and back with another airline.

Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Illinois to Louisiana up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Illinois and Louisiana are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are United Airlines (29 flights per week), Air Canada (26 flights per week), and Copa Airlines (26 flights per week).

There are 7 airports in Louisiana. The busiest airport is Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport (MSY), with 55% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Louisiana is New Orleans Louis Armstrong Airport (MSY), with an average flight price of $215.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Louisiana is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $314. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where round-trip prices are $398 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Louisiana is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $327 on average. Morning departures are around 12% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Louisiana is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $383.

The cheapest ticket to Louisiana from Illinois found in the last 5 days was to New Orleans, at $204 round-trip. The most popular route is Chicago Midway Airport (MDW) to New Orleans (MSY) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $204.

The cheapest month for flights from Illinois to Louisiana is January, when tickets cost $29 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $676 and $500 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Illinois to Louisiana, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 48% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 10 weeks before departure.

From Illinois, there are direct flights to Louisiana from 1 city. This city is Chicago and there are 323 direct flights each week.

There are around 47 direct flights from within Illinois to Louisiana every day. Most flights (52%) depart in the evening.

Each week there are around 323 direct flights from within Illinois to Louisiana. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Illinois to Louisiana takes 6h 39m, covering a distance of 694 miles. The shortest route is St. Louis (STL) to New Orleans (MSY) with an average flight time of 1h 40m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) flights to Louisiana. Instead, there are 323 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Chicago.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is New Orleans (91% of total searches to Louisiana). The next most popular destinations are Baton Rouge (3%) and Shreveport (2%). Searches for flights to Lafayette (2%), to Alexandria (1%) and to Monroe (0%) are also popular.