$37 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 Angeles1 stop$99
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$193
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$98
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$127
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$273
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$273
Reno
Reno2 stops$249
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$126
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$99
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$193
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$98
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$127
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$273
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$273
Reno
Reno2 stops$249
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$126

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.

Recent round-trip flight deals from New Orleans to California

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from New Orleans to California.
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Spirit Airlines Logo
6:52 am - 8:37 amMSY-LAS
3h 45mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:33 am - 5:50 amLAS-MSY
3h 17mnonstop
$79Spirit Airlines
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Wed, May 28 - Mon, Jun 2
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:52 am - 8:37 amMSY-LAS
3h 45mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:33 am - 5:50 amLAS-MSY
3h 17mnonstop
$84Spirit Airlines
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Tue, Jun 3 - Fri, Jun 6
American Airlines Logo
6:09 pm - 10:26 pmMSY-SFO
6h 17m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
11:30 pm - 9:02 amSFO-MSY
7h 32m1 stop
$193American Airlines
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Fri, May 30 - Fri, May 30
United Airlines Logo
5:30 pm - 11:13 pmMSY-LAS
7h 43m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 1:16 pmLAS-MSY
5h 16m1 stop
$197United Airlines
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Fri, May 30 - Mon, Jun 2
American Airlines Logo
7:39 pm - 12:22 amMSY-SFO
6h 43m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 1:45 pmSFO-MSY
5h 45m1 stop
$199American Airlines
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Fri, May 30 - Tue, Jun 10
Delta Logo
7:05 am - 9:15 amMSY-LAX
4h 10mnonstop
Delta Logo
12:05 pm - 5:55 pmLAX-MSY
3h 50mnonstop
$206Delta
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Wed, Jul 2 - Thu, Jul 10
Southwest Logo
5:00 am - 9:25 amMSY-SFO
6h 25m1 stop
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6:00 am - 7:05 pmSFO-MSY
11h 05m1 stop
$212Southwest
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Thu, Aug 7 - Sun, Aug 10
Southwest Logo
6:50 pm - 11:10 pmMSY-SFO
6h 20m1 stop
Southwest Logo
6:00 am - 7:05 pmSFO-MSY
11h 05m1 stop
$222Southwest
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Fri, Aug 8 - Sun, Aug 10
Delta Logo
2:45 pm - 5:00 pmMSY-LAX
4h 15mnonstop
Delta Logo
7:15 am - 12:52 pmLAX-MSY
3h 37mnonstop
$233Delta
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Wed, May 28 - Wed, Jun 4
United Airlines Logo
6:00 pm - 8:26 pmMSY-SFO
4h 26mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
10:45 am - 5:11 pmSFO-MSY
4h 26mnonstop
$249United Airlines
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Fri, May 30 - Mon, Jun 2
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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 $89 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 $89.

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.

No, with an average price for the route of $817, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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 $218 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $379 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 Wednesday, 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 Tuesday 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$37
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 9% 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 $252 on average. Morning departures are around 24% 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 $363.

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 $113 one-way - $175 round-trip; Los Angeles $135 one-way - $193 round-trip

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 4294 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.1Food
8.0Comfort
7.6Entertainment
8.6Crew
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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.

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.

AC barely worked on a 50 minute flight. It was very warm the whole flight. Flight was very bumpy and hard landing.

Got on the plane and then needed to deboard the plane because they didn’t have any pilots?

The flight was canceled two hours before departure, it took over five hours to rebook us on another flight.

Rough day of travel all the way around. Wrong info given to us multiple times and mistakes in their booking making our trip 10 hours longer than planned. I’m bummed because I fly Delta all the time and love them. Mistakes happen. Just bummed that this was a rare trip our whole family was traveling together.

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.

Boarding always seems a bit chaotic. Seat spacing could leave more for leg room.

Good flight. On time. Boarding and seating was easy. Crew were really friendly, yet professional. Bathroom (by cockpit) was small but serviceable. Some the seats were showing some notable wear & tear, but were comfy. Very happy UA customer. TY! 🤛🏽💗

We arrived early and finally made it to our gate almost an hour after.

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.

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

Would have been good to have a meal since it was a 5.5 hour flight

We boarded after several delays due to mechanical failure and a gate change. The seat cushion in the exit row was very compressed and offered no cushion, making the four-hour journey reasonably uncomfortable. The WiFi worked for a few people, but for most, it did not, and you cannot get entertainment unless you can connect—American Airlines flights do not have seatback screens, and you must use your mobile phone.

AA is always pretty solid. Was on time all the way around today so can’t complain!

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

Spirit is awful. Too expensive for what you get. Stop nickel and diming.

would be great to get basic water, soda at least and stop charging for carry ons

A passenger got into a verbal altercation with the flight attendant, who neither de-escalated nor acted professionally. Because of this, we had to go back to the gate for the person to be kicked off the flight. It delayed us 75 minutes.

Amazing flying experience, even in not the best of weather. The staff made us comfortable and the flight was actually pretty smooth.

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