Cheap flights from New Orleans to Los Angeles from R2 530

In general, October is the cheapest month to fly from New Orleans to Los Angeles. Due to it being the ‘off-season’ during this time, you can expect flight prices to be around R5 291. If you don’t want to visit Los Angeles in October, then you should wait until December to fly from New Orleans, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of R5 390.

You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Los Angeles from New Orleans when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Los Angeles for around R5 886 when searching weeks before you fly. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Los Angeles from New Orleans for as low as R4 349 on momondo.

Historically, on average around 14% of flights between New Orleans and Los Angeles have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 162 minutes.

Generally, flights departing in the morning tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing at night have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Wednesday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Sunday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, Breeze Airways have had the fewest delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 10% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

As of October 2026, there are 13 flights per day flying from New Orleans to Los Angeles. The most common time of day flights depart is 14:00, with 54% of flights taking off in the afternoon.

As of October 2026, 96 flights take off from New Orleans and land in Los Angeles each week. The most common flight departure day for this route is Mon, with 17% of weekly flights taking off on this day.