$44 Find Cheap Flights from New Orleans to Houston

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Everything you should know

Cheapest round-trip
$87
Overall average: $177
Frontier
Fri 4/17Mon 4/20
MSY - IAH • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$44
Typical prices: $78-$262
Frontier
Fri 4/17
MSY - IAH • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from New Orleans to Houston (MSY-HOU)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from New Orleans to Houston 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 Houston

Fri, Apr 17 - Mon, Apr 20
Frontier Logo
11:58 am - 1:28 pm
MSY
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IAH
1h 30mnonstop
Frontier Logo
6:54 pm - 8:09 pm
IAH
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MSY
1h 15mnonstop
$87Frontier
Fri, May 1 - Mon, May 4
Frontier Logo
11:47 am - 1:17 pm
MSY
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IAH
1h 30mnonstop
Frontier Logo
6:54 pm - 8:09 pm
IAH
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MSY
1h 15mnonstop
$88Frontier
Fri, Apr 17 - Mon, Apr 20
Frontier Logo
11:58 am - 1:28 pm
MSY
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IAH
1h 30mnonstop
Frontier Logo
6:54 pm - 8:09 pm
IAH
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MSY
1h 15mnonstop
$89Frontier
Fri, Apr 17 - Mon, Apr 20
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:58 am - 1:28 pm
MSY
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IAH
1h 30mnonstop
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:35 pm - 5:32 pm
IAH
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MSY
4h 57m
1 stop
$123Multiple Airlines
Fri, Apr 17 - Mon, Apr 20
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:58 am - 1:28 pm
MSY
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IAH
1h 30mnonstop
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:35 pm - 5:32 pm
IAH
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MSY
4h 57m
1 stop
$128Multiple Airlines
Tue, Apr 7 - Tue, Apr 14
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6:00 am - 5:32 pm
MSY
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IAH
11h 32m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
11:15 am - 7:01 pm
IAH
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MSY
7h 46m
1 stop
$132Spirit Airlines
Fri, Apr 10 - Fri, Apr 17
Frontier Logo
3:36 pm - 12:48 am
MSY
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IAH
9h 12m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
6:54 pm - 8:09 pm
IAH
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MSY
1h 15mnonstop
$133Frontier
Fri, Apr 17 - Mon, Apr 20
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9:04 pm - 8:38 am
MSY
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IAH
11h 34m
1 stop
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6:54 pm - 8:09 pm
IAH
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MSY
1h 15mnonstop
$134Frontier
Tue, May 5 - Wed, May 6
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8:50 am - 10:10 am
MSY
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HOU
1h 20mnonstop
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6:55 pm - 8:05 pm
HOU
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MSY
1h 10mnonstop
$177Southwest
Tue, May 5 - Wed, May 6
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4:35 pm - 5:55 pm
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HOU
1h 20mnonstop
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12:30 pm - 4:40 pm
HOU
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MSY
4h 10m
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$187Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for New Orleans to Houston flights

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

What is the cheapest New Orleans to Houston flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The absolute cheapest return flight from New Orleans to Houston costs $202 on the route between New Orleans (MSY) and Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH). However, over the past month, flights between New Orleans (MSY) and Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) were, on average, 7% cheaper than other New Orleans-Houston routes. The most popular route is between New Orleans (MSY) and Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH).

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

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Houston on a Friday, 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 Houston. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Tuesday and avoiding Mondays for the best deals.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from New Orleans to Houston, 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 Houston is May, where tickets cost $136 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and February, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $422 and $308 respectively.

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

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 Houston, 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 Houston, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 58% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from New Orleans to Houston

 
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Independent aviation journalist John Walton took his first flight at eight weeks old and hasn’t stopped travelling since. A world-renowned expert in airlines and the passenger experience, he writes in depth on aviation, is a resident expert on travel in Japan and France, and offers a uniquely queer perspective on travelling the world.

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Daniel Scheffler

Expert on MSY

Daniel Scheffler is a travel writer, podcaster, and producer. Born in Africa, bred in Europe and now living in America he has traveled to 140 countries (and all 50 U.S. states). Plus he has stayed at over 2500 hotels across the globe. His original shows Everywhere and Without Maps (available on Spotify) showcase his beliefs, travel is about humanity and sharing that beauty. And thus it reminds you that you shouldn’t believe everything you think.

Yulia Denisyuk

Yulia Denisyuk

Expert on HOU

Yulia is a freelance journalist who’s dispatched from 90+ countries. Her work focuses on cultures, adventure trips and air travel, appearing in NatGeo, NYT, CNTraveler, and more. For past assignments, she’s stayed with nomads in Mongolia and learned the art of Imigongo in Rwanda. She’s based in Chicago; in winter she often questions that decision.

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Cheapest flight$44
Flight from New Orleans to Houston George Bush Airport

When to book flights from New Orleans to Houston

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from New Orleans to Houston based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
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FAQs for booking flights from New Orleans to Houston

  • What is the cheapest flight from New Orleans to Houston?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from New Orleans to Houston was $44 for a one-way ticket and $87 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between New Orleans and Houston?

    Yes

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from New Orleans to Houston?

    New Orleans is served by only 1 airport and there are 2 airports in Houston. You will leave New Orleans from New Orleans Louis Armstrong and you will be arriving in Houston at one of these airports: Houston Hobby or Houston George Bush Intcntl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from New Orleans to Houston?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from New Orleans to Houston?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between New Orleans and Houston.

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

    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 Houston.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Houston from New Orleans 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 Houston?

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

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

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

Prefer to fly direct from New Orleans to Houston?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from New Orleans Louis Armstrong to Houston.
Find which airlines fly direct from New Orleans Louis Armstrong Airport to Houston, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

New Orleans Louis Armstrong to Houston

Monday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Tuesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Wednesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Thursday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Friday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Saturday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Sunday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

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Direct returns

Houston to New Orleans Louis Armstrong

Monday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Tuesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Wednesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Thursday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Friday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Saturday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Sunday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from New Orleans to Houston

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from New Orleans to Houston. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from New Orleans to Houston? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4319 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
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I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

6.0 GoodChris, Mar 2026
DAL - SAT
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I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

The new seating arrangement is so over priced for what you get.

Snacks are always pretzels. Why can't you also offer peanuts ?

Flight was hours late, unable to sit next to spouse, I have had so much better experiences. Substantially better, only saving grace was that it was a short flight.

An entire day of delays. Cost lots of money. Meals and a hotel.

Only downside was the legroom and seat width, which is always a problem unless I spend more for a premium seat.

Flight attendants very hospitable and friendly. Pilot flew a smooth take off and landing.

Great flight but super high price. Glad it was a business trip and not personal

On time. Friendly staff. Took to long to pre bord all the specialty groups. Cramped small plane

No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.

Everything was on time and service on the flight was great!

The travel company that you have on your site did me so wrong. I don’t know how it happened, but they put my son‘s name on my plane ticket flying to Vietnam. Along with his birthday. They would not have let me fly from Fort Myers to Ho Chi Minh City. I don’t think that I can ever use your service again. I typed my information into the browser along with my passport number and four days before I’m leaving I have to quickly search another ticket to fly out here.

Good flight. Efficient boarding and competent flight crew. No problems until we arrived at our destination gate. We were early so there was an aircraft at the gate that had to move before we could pull in. Then, due to the type of aircraft we flew, the cabin door could not be opened until some luggage from the cargo bay was offloaded to preserve center of gravity characteristics. So, that further delayed deplaning. Despite being 20 minutes early on landing, we ended up being 5 to 10 minutes late after all the delays.

This trip did not start off well. The inbound flight was delayed about 20 minutes. Then, after initial onboarding, the passengers had to deplane due to a mechanical problem. That took about 30 minutes to fix and be cleared. Then, reboarding was chaotic. It took a long time to sort passengers and two passengers on standby were ticketed but there was no seat. So, they had to deplane. One of the flight crew was trying to help passengers figure out a place to put their carry-on bags and that took more time. In the end, our scheduled 10:30 am departure did not actually take off until about 12:05 pm CST. The flight itself was long but we got to Houston. Some passengers missed their connecting flights and had to rebook. Not the best of flights I've had.

Complimentary light meal would be appreciated. But great flight crew service on all legs

Everything was great except for the boarding process. Everyone is lining up all at the same time and it’s hard to tell between the groups as they are way too large.

Very old flight - time to retire it for newer airplanes

Do not like the size of the overhead bin. I think staff should monitor the size of suitcases that are being carried on by passengers to ensure they meet the size requirement.

Everything except the food and entertainment. It was a great experience though

Delayed, toilets did not flush, pilot parked to far away from Gate

flight delayed because of poor staffing and organization - confusion from gate agents and flight attendant supervisors scheduling a missing flight attendant. flight delay 1 hr 30 min

Terrible. Spirit cancelled the flight with 3 hours notice and were absolutely no help getting another flight. Had to make my own reservation on another airline and arrived in Dallas 12 hours later.

Flight was canceled 8 hours before departure for lack of operational control and prepositioning of a plane. Then had the audacity to say it was because of weather, however there was no weather here in California or New Orleans or in between. It was the weather in Florida, Florida it had nothing to do with our flight path just the plane was supposed to fly us. 8 hours is more than enough time to move a plane anywhere in the US. That left me with a bill of 1200 dollars to re book a flight oh and kayaks insurance what a joke. Probably will never use kayak or spirit ever again terrible companies terrible customer service. I’ll also let everyone and anyone know this was an abomination and only for the customer. Also will be making a report to the DOT on bad business practices on behalf of kayak and spirit as well as the BBB. Do better, take care of your customers and don’t suck

Flight cancelled. Only options are to a different city or wait 2 days for a flight to same destination

My baby was crying uncontrollably for the longest time and the entire crew was SO supportive, I’m so appreciative of them. Thank you so much for the support during an exhausting moment. We got very lucky.

Uncomfortable seats and tiny tray table. Expensive snacks. Flight was on time and crew was pleasant but take me back to Southwest!

For the price I could have taken a “name brand” airline. No drink no snack and constant emails trying to get addition money for EVERYTHING other airlines include in the price. It looks cheaper but it’s Judy bait and switch and emails non stop!

Excessive fees for flight delays. What a Scam. I was not able to attend the wedding I needed to go.

My luggage didn’t arrive at LAX, so that wasn’t a good experience.

I didn't order food. I requested a Tomato juice and was given a boody mary mix. The serve needs to warn the customer what their given. It wasn't a huge deal, but I wasted $4.50.

My flight was originally from SAT to MCO connecting from MCO to ORD. We got diverted to ATL and than Frontier staff there was sooo un helpful first they said they couldn’t give us any accommodation since our flight first got delayed that cancelled and now it’s 221am and I am still in ATL since they said they need to create a new flight my final destination is ORD and I have been delayed twice and cancelled. With no real help the frontier app didn’t work no email updates over all such a horrible experience

There's no seats that lean back with little leg space i wad uncomfortable the entire flight. Your charges for extra baggage is despicable and costly!!

Remind customers of the need to have passport or new ID for boarding.

Flight was canceled. Most upsetting was message from Kayak, stating that the flight was canceled and click with Kayak for details regarding rebook, refund details. THERE'S NO INFORMATION PROVIDED BY KAYAK EXCEPT THAT FLIGHT IS CANCELED. AND NOW THIS SURVEY TO FIND OUT HOW WAS THE FLIGHT !!!!!!!

The flight never took off and we spent 7 hours at the airport

Gate not determined until I got to the airport - hard to plan the trip to the airport.

Our flight was canceled. I will never use Kayak nor Frontier for travel again. The entire experience was a headache.

Frontier.. nickel and dime add-ons. Flight late, on time, late again, last minute gate change, arrival gate required a shuttle to the terminal. They sure keep you guessing.. if you like a little chaos and airport anxiety, this is the airline for you!

This is my second time flying with Frontier. My current experience was very favorable. The staff from the gate to the plane was friendly, warm and professional. The food options lacked in my opinion. This area needs some attention in my opinion.

There was no food and no entertainment, so I'm not sure why these are even in the survey, as my understanding is frontier does not ever offer food without a few, not even a snack, and there are no screens so unless the flight safety talk is our entertainment why ask how we liked it?. One of the flight attendants say in the back of the plane as people filed in to their seats, yelling orders about where to put baggage and telling people to hurry up. It was the least professional experience I've ever had on a flight.

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