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Cheap Flights from New Orleans to San Diego

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

KAYAK's recommended round-trip deals from the most popular airlines that fly from New Orleans to San Diego.
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8:29 pm - 7:13 amMSY-SAN
12h 44m1 stop
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8:48 pm - 5:50 amSAN-MSY
7h 02m1 stop
$104Spirit Airlines
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Thu, May 29 - Wed, Jun 4
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6:52 am - 7:53 pmMSY-SAN
15h 01m1 stop
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8:48 pm - 5:50 amSAN-MSY
7h 02m1 stop
$114Spirit Airlines
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Wed, May 28 - Sat, May 31
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7:18 pm - 11:59 pmMSY-SAN
6h 41m1 stop
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8:48 pm - 5:31 pmSAN-MSY
18h 43m2 stops
Thu, May 29 - Wed, Jun 4
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7:21 pm - 11:55 pmMSY-SAN
6h 34m1 stop
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2:30 pm - 6:01 amSAN-MSY
13h 31m1 stop
Thu, Jun 5 - Sat, Jun 14
Delta Logo
2:49 pm - 9:19 pmMSY-SAN
8h 30m1 stop
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9:40 pm - 9:28 amSAN-MSY
9h 48m1 stop
$257Delta
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Tue, Jun 10 - Fri, Jun 27
United Airlines Logo
3:25 pm - 8:11 pmMSY-SAN
6h 46m1 stop
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11:17 am - 9:50 pmSAN-MSY
8h 33m2 stops
$258United Airlines
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Sat, Aug 9 - Wed, Aug 13
United Airlines Logo
5:30 pm - 9:12 pmMSY-SAN
5h 42m1 stop
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10:54 am - 9:50 pmSAN-MSY
8h 56m2 stops
$292United Airlines
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Mon, Jul 14 - Fri, Jul 18
Delta Logo
9:56 am - 11:44 pmMSY-SAN
15h 48m2 stops
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6:15 am - 4:44 pmSAN-MSY
8h 29m1 stop
$295Delta
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Tue, Jun 10 - Sat, Jun 28
Southwest Logo
12:30 pm - 2:35 pmMSY-SAN
4h 05mnonstop
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3:45 pm - 11:25 pmSAN-MSY
5h 40m1 stop
$310Southwest
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Wed, May 28 - Wed, May 28
Southwest Logo
3:15 pm - 5:20 pmMSY-SAN
4h 05mnonstop
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3:45 pm - 11:30 pmSAN-MSY
5h 45m1 stop
$328Southwest
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Thu, May 29 - Wed, Jun 4
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KAYAK's insights & trends for New Orleans to San Diego flights

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

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

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from New Orleans to San Diego, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from San Diego, Monday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from New Orleans to San Diego?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from New Orleans to San Diego, 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 San Diego is January, where tickets cost $270 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are October and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $488 and $379 respectively.

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

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 San Diego, 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 San Diego, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
High seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$41
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 24% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 3% lower on average.
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When to book flights from New Orleans to San Diego

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

  • Where can I shop at SAN airport?

    SAN airport hosts several shops accessible by passengers. There are multiple stores where you can buy local products and souvenirs and shops selling ocean-themed apparel, accessories and décor located in Terminals 1, 3 and 4. The shops are open 24h a day. There is also a women’s boutique and several stores to fill your tech needs.

  • What are some attractions at SAN airport?

    Travelers can enjoy their downtime at SAN airport touring the public artworks, murals and statues. The airport has a public art program featuring local and international artists and permanent sculptures at the east entrance of each terminal. Travelers can also visit the art galleries on the west side of Terminals 3 and 4, where you will be greeted with colorful paintings, photos and crafts.

  • Which accessible facilities are available at MSY airport?

    MSY airport provides various special facilities for its disabled travelers. Ramps, adapted toilets, lifts and TDD telephones are located throughout the airport. The airport provides wheelchairs to those who need them through its airlines. If you need more assistance navigating the airport, make arrangements with your airline.

  • Does MSY airport provide baby care facilities?

    Yes. The airport provides baby care facilities, including strollers and nursing rooms, essential to traveling mothers. You can find nursing rooms on Concourse A next to gate A3, Concourse B next to gate B9 and Concourse C near gate C8 for breastfeeding or pumping breast milk.

  • What is the cheapest flight from New Orleans to San Diego?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from New Orleans to San Diego was $41 for a one-way ticket and $104 for a round-trip.

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

    No

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

    New Orleans airport is called New Orleans Louis Armstrong and the only airport in San Diego is San Diego.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from New Orleans to San Diego?

    Only Delta offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the New Orleans to San Diego flight route.

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

    The Boeing 737-700 Passenger/BBJ1 (winglets) is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the New Orleans to San Diego flight route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from New Orleans to San Diego?

    There are nonstop flights from New Orleans to San Diego on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from New Orleans to San Diego, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from New Orleans to San Diego are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $485 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $297 and an overall rating of 8.0.

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

    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 San Diego.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Diego 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 San Diego?

    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 San Diego with an airline and back to New Orleans with another airline. Booking your flights between New Orleans and SAN can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

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

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

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from New Orleans to San Diego

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $219 or less one-way and $422 or less round-trip.
  • Louis Armstrong International Airport (MSY) to San Diego Airport (SAN) route is well traveled by corporate travelers since MSY airport offers essential business facilities. The airport hosts Travelex America Business Center in the main ticketing hall. Business travelers can access this center for photocopying and printing services which is also equipped with meeting rooms and a business concierge.
  • MSY airport hosts three lounges accessible by passengers for refreshments, relaxation and fuel up while waiting for their flights. You can go to the United Club near gate C7 of Concourse C or The Club at MSY adjacent to Concourse A. Delta Air Lines runs the Delta Sky Club providing a free pass to business class flying passengers. It is found at the entrance of Concourse C.
  • Travelers can drive to MSY airport since they will access various parking lots designated for passengers. There is a short-term parking lot linked to the fourth floor of the terminal via a walkway or the long-term parking lot on the east side of the airport. There is also a surface lot adjacent to the terminal and the economy garage south of the airport with covered and uncovered spaces.
  • Travelers landing at SAN airport need not bother about how they will get to their destinations in the city since the airport provides ground transportation services to its arriving passengers. You can hire a car at the car rental center of the airport. Multiple car rental companies such as Alamo, Enterprise, Hertz, FOX and E-Z Rent-A-Car operate at the airport.
  • Travelers with pets will be glad to land at SAN airport as they will access favorable pet facilities. It has an outdoor pet relief area outside Terminal 1 with a grassy area and water fountain where you can let your furry friend out of the kennel to stretch while having fun and hydrating. There is also an indoor pet relief area on the west side concourse for pets to relieve themselves.

Prefer to fly direct from New Orleans to San Diego?

Find which airlines fly direct from New Orleans Louis Armstrong Airport to San Diego Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

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Top 5 airlines serving from New Orleans to San Diego

 
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4293 reviews
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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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