$64 Find Cheap Flights from New Orleans to California

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Best California Flight Deals from New Orleans

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$120
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$210
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$145
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$214
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$273
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$276
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$284
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$503
Reno
Reno1 stop$236
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$219
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$120
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$210
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$145
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$214
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$273
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$276
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$284
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$503
Reno
Reno1 stop$236
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$219

Cheap Flights from New Orleans to California

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from New Orleans to California that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from New Orleans to California

Tue, Jul 15 - Wed, Jul 16
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:34 pm - 11:50 pmMSY-LAX
4h 16mnonstop
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5:45 am - 6:55 amLAX-MSY
23h 10m1 stop
$120Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Jul 9 - Wed, Jul 16
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:34 pm - 11:50 pmMSY-LAX
4h 16mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
11:55 pm - 5:35 amLAX-MSY
3h 40mnonstop
$129Spirit Airlines
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Mon, Aug 18 - Wed, Aug 20
American Airlines Logo
6:06 am - 12:09 pmMSY-LAS
8h 03m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
8:46 am - 5:23 pmLAS-MSY
6h 37m1 stop
$145American Airlines
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Wed, Aug 20 - Mon, Aug 25
American Airlines Logo
9:34 am - 2:25 pmMSY-SAN
6h 51m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:52 pm - 10:43 pmSAN-MSY
6h 51m1 stop
$145American Airlines
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Thu, Oct 23 - Sun, Oct 26
Delta Logo
7:15 am - 9:37 amMSY-LAX
4h 22mnonstop
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 12:41 pmLAX-MSY
3h 41mnonstop
$191Delta
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Sat, Jul 12 - Mon, Jul 21
Delta Logo
5:45 pm - 7:41 pmMSY-LAX
3h 56mnonstop
Delta Logo
6:14 pm - 11:59 pmLAX-MSY
3h 45mnonstop
$233Delta
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Wed, Jul 30 - Mon, Aug 4
Southwest Logo
6:00 am - 7:40 amMSY-LAS
3h 40mnonstop
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7:40 pm - 1:05 amLAS-MSY
3h 25mnonstop
$263Southwest
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Fri, Aug 29 - Sun, Aug 31
United Airlines Logo
5:27 pm - 8:08 pmMSY-SFO
4h 41mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
10:01 am - 4:17 pmSFO-MSY
4h 16mnonstop
$269United Airlines
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Thu, Oct 2 - Mon, Oct 6
Southwest Logo
6:30 pm - 11:35 pmMSY-RNO
7h 05m1 stop
Southwest Logo
3:25 pm - 11:50 pmRNO-MSY
6h 25m1 stop
$275Southwest
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Tue, Jul 8 - Sat, Jul 12
United Airlines Logo
7:14 pm - 9:50 pmMSY-SFO
4h 36mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
11:49 am - 6:04 pmSFO-MSY
4h 15mnonstop
$285United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for New Orleans to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from New Orleans to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest New Orleans to California flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from New Orleans to California.

The cheapest ticket to California from New Orleans found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $81 round-trip. The most popular route is from New Orleans (MSY) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $81.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from New Orleans to California?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $601 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from New Orleans to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from New Orleans to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from New Orleans to California is May, when tickets cost $223 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $378 and $372 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from New Orleans to California?

The average price of all round-trip flights from New Orleans to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to California on a Thursday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from New Orleans to California. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Wednesday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from New Orleans to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from New Orleans to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from New Orleans to California, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
High seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$64
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 16% lower on average.
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FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New Orleans to California?

    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 New Orleans to California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from New Orleans to California?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from New Orleans to California?

    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 New Orleans to California with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from New Orleans to California?

    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 New Orleans to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $239 on average. Morning departures are around 11% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $348.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from New Orleans to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $109 one-way - $195 round-trip; Los Angeles $116 one-way - $149 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from New Orleans to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from New Orleans to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4278 reviews
8.6Crew
7.1Food
8.2Boarding
7.6Entertainment
8.0Comfort
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After a 3 hour layover in Denver my flight was delayed over 5 hours! No explanation; no assistance; no offer to provide compensation; no one at Southwest was willing to offer any assistance. 8 hours in the Denver airport - ridiculous!

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Apr 2025MSY - DEN
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After a 3 hour layover in Denver my flight was delayed over 5 hours! No explanation; no assistance; no offer to provide compensation; no one at Southwest was willing to offer any assistance. 8 hours in the Denver airport - ridiculous!

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Boarding was a little late, but made up for it. It was quick to taxi to the runway, since it's a smallish airport.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

First, my flight was a usual flight nothing exceptional or unexpected. Over all it was a normal, good flight! Second, your questionaire is wholly lacking in the proper options to which one can answer a question. Often on short flights, there is no food let alone entertainment so why isn't that reflected in your questionaire? A simple "not applicable" would cover that issue appropriately but no, your form arbitrarily enters an answer based on the initial assessment which normally isn't factual. Until you provide an accurate means of assessing flights, I'll no longer be completing of these unimpressive and misleading assessements. Thank you!

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

They separated our seats and moved us to the back of the plane. Hundreds of dollars and thousands of miles used and this was my platinum member experience.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

For the most part united was a good experience, how ever when they came by with the snacks and water, they completely passed by my wife and I. As we were in separate rows. On a 5 hr flight we were not offered water

Fantastic crew. Flight was delayed at last minute but we were given updates every 20 minutes and the crew was so friendly and considerate. I miss the touch screens on the back of the seats, wish they would bring that back though.

Awful. Worst airline I have ever been on. Crew were among the rudest people I have ever dealt with. United staff members were rude and disrespectful. My flight was delayed, causing me to miss a connecting flight. I understand things happen, but when staff start lying about what actually happened, that is when I have an issue. Just be honest, really it isn’t that hard. I’m being very honest with this review and I don’t find this difficult what so ever. In fact, because of United Airlines, my Christmas holiday was off to a really rocky start. As someone who has traveled across the world, it has only been United that I have had a truly awful experience.

Loved the staff, boarding and drink options! Wish the comfort of the seat could have been better nevertheless

Honestly, I haven’t flown American in years, probably due to the pandemic and my being unable to travel for certain periods in the last two years, but it was a good experience to dig out or obtain a new American Airlines account after many years of traveling for business with American in the past.

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

Boarding on time and fight was early but they didn't let us off the plane on time so we missed our connecting flight to Japan.

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Plane was pretty clean, staff was friendly and helpful, flight left about on time arrived early. Took a long time to board and get off the plane - carry on items didn't have enough room so people had to move all around to find places.

Boarding was a breeze, however, two of the flights that I boarded with Spirit did not have Wi-Fi available.

Very good. Nothing more or less than expected. No complaints.

My experience with the spirit as a first time it was OK, but the seats need a little cushion, the problem I had the most impacted me was when checking in the scales were so off and wrong. It will tell that you would have more weight, which was not true. The scale was say that it had Thirty Eight Pounds, when get in the labels when we send the luggage into the band. It says that it was overweight. I really really dislike that because the scales are not accurate. If I use Spirit and I have that issue again. That will be my last time flying with the spirit, even though I like so much to service the planes, and everything else

hahaha we are delayed for one hour plus.. but thx we arrived San Diego safe

Flight was 2hours late they had no crew or the pilot.

Worst airline ever! The guy weighing my bag had his foot on the metal plate and when I called him out on it, I got this stupid little smirk. La is a scam and so is Spirit Airlines. All the flight attendants looked like they hated our flight just as much as we did.

The flight was rescheduled several times without a reason for the schedule changes. I had to be in New Orleans at a certain time and it was just easier to drive at a certain point. I don’t know if the flight ever left. This is my first experience with Spirit Airlines and is also the last.

In a word, it was horrible. The flight crew timed out and this, apparently was not accounted for by management. This meant that our 10:15 departure turned into a 1:30am departure the next DAY!!! And some brainchild decided to email us 12$ food vouchers set to expire the 9th, but they sent them after EVERY VENDOR WAS CLOSED in the Miami airport and obviously none would be open in New Orleans. I found this to be another sterling example of, at best, shitty management…at worst an absolute lack of empathy for your customers. Triplt Pro: Check-in may be avail for NK222 dep MIA 4/8/2025 10:16pm. Conf#RGSUMI. https://tripit.com/t/. e106fd644e0a; Today 6:16 PM TripIt Pro: NK222 ON TIME. MIA dep 10:16pm term C, gate F5. MSY arr 11:38pm. Today 8:59 PM Tript Pro: NK222 DELAYED. MIA dep 1:00am term C, gate F5. MSY arr 2:18am. Alternate flights: https:// www.tripit.com/t/b2903869f438 Triplt Pro: NK222 PULLED IN. MIA dep 12:30am term C, gate F5. MSY arr 1:48am. Alternate flights: https:/// www.tripit.com/t/834d176c630b Tript Pro: NK222 DELAYED. MIA dep 1:00am term C, gate F5. MSY arr 1:48am. Alternate flights: https:/// www.tripit.com/t/0441e41a9dd3 Triplt Pro: NK222 PULLED IN. MIA dep 12:30am term C, gate F5. MSY arr 1:48am. Alternate flights: https:// www.tripit.com/t/92ac2157ef54 The sender is not in your contact

My only complaint is that the standing recline. I wasn’t aware of that when I booked the ticket.

Unclear pricing; ended up being charged an extra $52 just to get onboard

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