New Orleans to Washington nonstop
Yes: Southwest, American and Republic fly direct from New Orleans (MSY) to Washington (DCA) about 5 times a day, year-round.
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New Orleans to Washington in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 969 miles nonstop, about 2 hr 30 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
- Seasonality
- Flew every month of the last year: busiest in April 2026 (41 flights a week), quietest in July 2026 (29 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 33 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 35 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 39 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 39 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 36 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 40 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 41 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 41 flights a week
- May 2026: 38 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 32 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 29 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 32 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- Southwest 38%, American 37%, PSA 24% (regional operator), Republic 2% (regional operator) of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 3,285 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $125 and $300 one way, median $200. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
- Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $300, 2,829 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $225 one way, middle half $150 to $325, 3,346 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $225 one way, middle half $150 to $325, 2,845 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $200 one way, middle half $125 to $300, 3,285 tickets
Jul to Sep trips were the cheapest (median $175 one way) and Oct to Dec and Jan to Mar trips cost the most (median $225), in the DOT ticket survey for Q3 2024 to Q2 2025. Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.
Flying the other way? Washington to New Orleans nonstop.
Other airports near New Orleans with nonstops to Washington
Within about 100 miles of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Also nonstop from New Orleans (MSY)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Atlanta (ATL) about 10 times a day
- Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 8 times a day
- Houston (IAH) about 7 times a day
- Chicago (ORD) about 6 times a day
- Dallas (DAL) about 6 times a day
- Austin (AUS) about 5 times a day
- Houston (HOU) about 5 times a day
- Denver (DEN) about 5 times a day
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