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Cheap Flights from New Orleans to Tennessee

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Nashville
Nashville1 stop$148
Knoxville
Knoxville1 stop$260
Memphis
Memphis1 stop$226
Chattanooga
Chattanooga1 stop$271
Blountville
Blountville1 stop$319
Paducah
Paducah1 stop$354
Nashville
Nashville1 stop$148
Knoxville
Knoxville1 stop$260
Memphis
Memphis1 stop$226
Chattanooga
Chattanooga1 stop$271
Blountville
Blountville1 stop$319
Paducah
Paducah1 stop$354

Book Cheap New Orleans to Tennessee Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from New Orleans to Tennessee 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from New Orleans to Tennessee

Thu, Aug 20 - Mon, Aug 24
Frontier Logo
6:17 pm - 4:05 pm
MSY
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BNA
21h 48m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
5:05 pm - 5:32 pm
BNA
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MSY
24h 27m
1 stop
$148Frontier
Thu, Aug 20 - Mon, Aug 24
Frontier Logo
6:17 pm - 4:05 pm
MSY
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BNA
21h 48m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
5:05 pm - 5:32 pm
BNA
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MSY
24h 27m
1 stop
$149Frontier
Wed, Dec 9 - Wed, Dec 16
Southwest Logo
7:50 am - 9:25 am
MSY
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BNA
1h 35mnonstop
Southwest Logo
8:40 pm - 10:15 pm
BNA
-
MSY
1h 35mnonstop
$177Southwest
Wed, Aug 26 - Wed, Aug 26
Southwest Logo
1:20 pm - 2:50 pm
MSY
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BNA
1h 30mnonstop
Southwest Logo
3:50 pm - 5:25 pm
BNA
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MSY
1h 35mnonstop
$177Southwest
Wed, Sep 9 - Mon, Sep 14
American Airlines Logo
3:46 pm - 10:29 pm
MSY
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BNA
6h 43m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 10:24 am
BNA
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MSY
5h 24m
1 stop
$208American Airlines
Wed, Sep 9 - Mon, Sep 14
American Airlines Logo
8:58 am - 2:48 pm
MSY
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BNA
5h 50m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:12 pm - 10:58 pm
BNA
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MSY
4h 46m
1 stop
$209American Airlines
Wed, Sep 16 - Tue, Sep 22
Delta Logo
5:15 am - 9:54 am
MSY
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BNA
4h 39m
1 stop
Delta Logo
3:44 pm - 8:08 pm
BNA
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MSY
4h 24m
1 stop
$221Delta
Tue, Sep 15 - Tue, Sep 22
Delta Logo
9:05 am - 1:18 pm
MSY
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BNA
4h 13m
1 stop
Delta Logo
5:15 am - 9:38 am
BNA
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MSY
4h 23m
1 stop
$221Delta
Thu, Aug 27 - Thu, Sep 3
United Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 2:37 pm
MSY
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TYS
5h 37m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
3:40 pm - 8:03 pm
TYS
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MSY
5h 23m
1 stop
$287United Airlines
Fri, Aug 28 - Fri, Sep 4
United Airlines Logo
5:32 pm - 11:15 pm
MSY
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CHA
4h 43m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
4:42 pm - 10:45 pm
CHA
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MSY
7h 03m
1 stop
$299United Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for New Orleans to Tennessee flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from New Orleans to Tennessee?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from New Orleans to Tennessee departing in August.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Tennessee from New Orleans usually cost between $220 and $371 in August.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $148 on Frontier (Aug 20-Aug 24).

What is the cheapest New Orleans to Tennessee flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Tennessee from New Orleans found in the last 5 days was to Nashville, at $211 round-trip. The most popular route is from New Orleans (MSY) to Nashville (BNA), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $211.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Tennessee?

The average price for all round-trip flights from New Orleans to Tennessee depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Tennessee is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $374 on average. Morning departures are around 2% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Tennessee is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $406.

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

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 $363, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from New Orleans to Tennessee, 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 Tennessee is October, when tickets cost $273 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $463 and $450 respectively.

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

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Tennessee on a Saturday, 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 Tennessee. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Saturday and avoiding Thursdays for the best deals.

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

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 Tennessee, 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 Tennessee, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 45% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

January

Cheapest flight

$81
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 28% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 14% lower on average.
Flight from New Orleans to Nashville

Flights from New Orleans to Tennessee: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from New Orleans to Tennessee 
BobbyFlew with Southwest
MSY
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BNA
May 2026
Check out the live music in the Nashville airport. It's pretty nice. Be prepared for delays.
GusFlew with Southwest
MSY
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BNA
Jan 2025
Get to the airport 2 hours early if you are dropping a rental off. The 15-20 minute shuttle is no joke. Check-in was pretty quick and smooth.

FAQs - booking Tennessee flights

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

    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 Tennessee.

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

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

    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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee?

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

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Tennessee

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from New Orleans to the following destinations at these prices or less: Nashville $164 one-way - $274 round-trip

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from New Orleans to Tennessee. 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 Tennessee? 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 4229 reviews
7.0Food
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
Airline reviews

One major problem that was very unprofessional and uncalled for. Plane landed and we had to wait 20 minutes to get off the plane since they were waiting for someone to come to the gate to drive the jetway. Southwest couldn't have someone available and waiting for the plane to land? Is there only one person in Hobby airport who knows to drive the jetway? Was he at lunch? In the bar? Uncomfortable and uncalled for!

4.0 OkayAnonymous, May 2026
MSY - HOU
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One major problem that was very unprofessional and uncalled for. Plane landed and we had to wait 20 minutes to get off the plane since they were waiting for someone to come to the gate to drive the jetway. Southwest couldn't have someone available and waiting for the plane to land? Is there only one person in Hobby airport who knows to drive the jetway? Was he at lunch? In the bar? Uncomfortable and uncalled for!

if I was good. Not happy that I have to pay extra money to get the seat I need for lake room, but I guess that’s a sign of the times.

no service at all due to turbulence. they should've at least given us snacks, there were only 10 people on the entire flight.

Had a great flight. Delayed takeoff, but comfortable. Snacks were good.

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

I was re-booked onto another flight because my original flight was delayed and I would have missed my connector. I ended up in the “C” group after paying extra to be in the “A “ group on the original flight. At least if you’re going to re-book people, re-book them into the same group.

Excellent. Would encourage Southwest to keep current boarding procedures with free style seating. Makes for a fantastic experience

After being assaulted by a flight attendant I was then brushed off as oh well because he long braids didn’t mean to whip me in the eye. I have filed complaints and will see. But like any other issue I’ve had with kayak involved it’s been trash. Last time I’ll be using your app

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!

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

The Atlanta airport had thunderstorms, which caused our flight to be delayed by multiple hours. Once we were able to board.the gate agent was rude and was trying to rush us onto the plane because the team in the plane was about to run out of hours once we were all aboard the plane they ran into an issue where the catering truck was filling up the back of the plane and they left and had to come back because they didn’t fill it up all the way, causing even more of a delay. My seat was very tight. I didn’t have a lot of legroom overall this was a miserable experience.

Internet didn’t work for this leg either. The seat was fine but didn’t have seatback screen, which I knew when I booked it. The biggest letdown is Deltas new policy on beverage/snack service not being served for flights less than 350 miles. I know this is a cost cutting measure, but how much does it really cost to give a drink and a snack for inflated airfare? I really am surprised that with Delta Comfort they don’t provide beverage/snack service given these seats cost extra to purchase. Really need to reconsider this, even if it’s for the Delta Comfort and above.

MSY had lots of coffee/breakfast options for morning flights. Bathrooms were clean. Lots of filling stations for water bottles. Delta flight was on time. The plane was clean. The staff was friendly and efficient.

The flights are constantly late anymore, and they won't even give you a glass of water on the plane. For years, they were able to do a service on this flight from Atlanta to Knoxville and Knoxville Atlanta now they say it's too short of a flight. You can't even get a quick drink of water.

Horrible. Faucet in sink not working, wifi not working. Didn’t bring food or snacks

Should never have had to go to Detroit from Orlando back to Tennessee!

My flight was canceled on Sunday. Rebooking took three hours. Had to pay for accommodations another night. New flight was delayed for 5 hours, all that was sent was a 12 dollar food voucher, which doesn’t tell you how to use it. Then when we landed we had to sit on the plane for an hour before we could get off.

Same experience as the flight from Norfolk to Atlanta where people are boarded in zones that don't make sense. People behind you on the plane will get on before you and they take the luggage space on your row.

On this flight I felt the food offering was not as complete as on previous flights. The tomato salad was a bit off and there was nothing additional such a bread or butter. The breakfast was only one option, so you either ate what they had or ate nothing. The crew was efficient, but most seemed frustrated throughout the flight. The flight arrived early and was obstacle-free, so I’m overall quite happy, but the shine in the rest of the experience just wasn’t there.

It feels like the seats are getting tighter. Was towards the back so maybe they’ve been like this for a while.

It's fine but Newark to Nashville was too long

They delayed the flight 3 hours because it wasn't full they moved us to 5 different gates probably the worst airline ever not even spirit is this bad.

Poor communication, flight was delayed for preventable reasons. I missed my connection.

The flight was officially delayed 3 times, and was actually later than that. Combined, it was a 3 hour delay, but there was no recognition (miles, voucher, etc). The crew seemed stressed. The captain sounded nervous in his announcements. The flight itself was smooth and uneventful.

We had excellent customer service despite the chaos at George Bush airport in Houston!

They canceled our flight and left us stranded to figure it out

Not worth the price of premium class ticket paid, felt more like steerage.

The plane boarded and deplaned twice before the crew timed out. Flight was 7 hours late departing. Horrible experience!

They rerouted flight to LAX. Offered nothing but a 5 hr drive to SBP. No compensation. No regards to our healthy and safety.

Check-in was a little worrying cause we didn't get seat #'s until we asked the flight attendants at the desk. We were concerned that they overbooked the flight. But everything else was great.

Flight was delayed three times and we had an international connecting flight which we would’ve missed but AA manage to find us a flight that allowed us to catch and we made our international flight. However, due to the flight change, I’m in Amman, Jordan missing all 4 bags. It’s been a nightmare. Been waiting since June 17 and today is June 20th. Still without luggage. Customer service wait times are two hours and I get disconnected while waiting. I’ll update when/if my luggage arrives. Every day is costing money in a hotel in Amman. I can’t continue my trip to Palestine until the luggage arrives. Then, I will be updating my review.

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.

There was a delay that affected all passengers with connecting flights.

Had to wait a long time for wheelchair in Dallas

Horrible. 4 hrs delayed with no explanation for the multiple push outs of time. Wi-Fi didn’t work properly and air vent above seat was partially clogged. Bathroom sink did not work. Anything else you want to know?

28 hour delay at Fort Worth/Dallas airport, part due to weather which was unavoidable, but various other reasons - no pilot, no fa, mechanical problem, plane too small, too big, crew out of flying time, seat configuration problems.... endless and hourly updates with a different excuse. Finally told us about 3.00 am, that the flight was delayed to hours later.

LIT to DFW - 3 hours late; the entire plane had been boarded before they told us there was a delay due to a weather-related ground stop in Dallas. DFW to MAY - 2+ hours late due to A/C needing to be repaired after everyone had boarded, then when we finally reach the runway, the First Officer timed out and we had to taxi all the way back to the gate and wait for a new one. I arrived in New Orleans 5+ hours later than I should have. Return flights were completely cancelled; rebooked through the app to fly through CLT instead of DFW. MSY to CLT had no issues, but CLT to LIT was delayed 1.25 hrs because flight attendants had not arrived to the airport yet. At least they didn’t make us all sit on the plane to wait for them. I should have driven.

Nice aircraft. Plane was PACKED full and distance between seats was tight. Had it been more than a two hour flight it would not have been tolerable. I had much more knee space on the JetBlue flight I went out on.

Flight attendants had no personality! The looked miserable! My seat was broken in first class. I can’t believe how American Airlines changed. 😞

Seats are so small now that if you are in a middle seat, you will likely have your neighbors arm, leg or shoulder in your space. Even in an Economy Plus seat, the width of the seat is only for average people. I’m small and shared my full fare seat with the large man next to me

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