Direct Flights from Chicago to New Orleans
New Orleans · Louisiana
Nonstop service from ORD and MDW to MSY on American, Frontier, Southwest, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
Chicago has 2 airports with nonstop service to New Orleans. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗ORDMSYChicago O'Hare International
- Find flights ↗MDWMSYChicago Midway International
How rare is this nonstop?
41 cities have a nonstop to New Orleans, Chicago among them.
How long to go to New Orleans for, from Chicago
2h 10m in the air, 838 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in New Orleans. Two nights works.
With roughly 9 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About New Orleans
Way down yonder in New Orleans, you'll find the roots of jazz and a blossoming culture that is unlike anything else on Earth. Here, the laid-back atmosphere of the riverfront South has mixed with French sophistication, Spanish style, and African-American energy to create something greater than the sum of its parts. "NOLA" is the largest city in Louisiana and one of the top tourist destinations in the United States.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in New Orleans
- The Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, also called St. Louis Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral and basilica in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- The New Orleans Museum of Art is the oldest fine arts museum in the city of New Orleans.
- The Cabildo, originally called "Casa Capitular", is a historical building in New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally the seat of Spanish colonial city hall, the building now forms part of the Louisiana State Museum.
- Louis Armstrong Park is a 32-acre (130,000 m2) park located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street from the French Quarter.
- Six Flags New Orleans was a theme park located near the interchange of Interstate 10 and Interstate 510 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
- The National WWII Museum is a military history museum in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on Andrew Higgins Drive between Camp Street and Magazine Street.
- Audubon Zoo is an American zoo located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is part of the Audubon Nature Institute which also manages Audubon Aquarium, Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, Freeport-McMoran Species Survival Center,…
- The Audubon Insectarium is an insectarium and entomology museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. As part of its move from its previous location at the U.S.
- City Park, a 1,300-acre (5.3 km2) public park in New Orleans, Louisiana, is the 87th largest and 20th-most-visited urban public park in the United States.
- Audubon Aquarium is an aquarium in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. After a $41 million dollar renovation that would see the Audubon Insectarium merge with the facility, the aquarium reopened with new exhibits and…
- Ursuline Convent was a series of historic Ursuline convents in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
- New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum is a voodoo museum in New Orleans, United States. Its exhibits focus on mysteries, history, and folklore related to the African diaspora religion of Louisiana Voodoo.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
New Orleans weather, compared with Chicago
19° warmer than Chicago on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- New Orleans 63°F · Chicago 31°F · 31° warmer
- April
- New Orleans 79°F · Chicago 59°F · 20° warmer
- July
- New Orleans 91°F · Chicago 84°F · 7° warmer
- October
- New Orleans 81°F · Chicago 62°F · 18° warmer
New Orleans is the steadier of the two, moving 29° between its coldest and warmest months where Chicago moves 53°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to New Orleans
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit New Orleans is October–April, when daytime highs are a comfortable 63–81°F.
- How long to stay
- New Orleans rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans), New Orleans Museum of Art, and The Cabildo and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Chicago to New Orleans?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Chicago (ORD, MDW) to New Orleans (MSY) on American, Frontier, Southwest, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to New Orleans?
- American, Frontier, Southwest, United fly nonstop between Chicago (ORD, MDW) and New Orleans (MSY).
- Which Chicago airport has nonstop flights to New Orleans?
- You can leave from 2 Chicago airports: ORD (Chicago O'Hare International) on American, Frontier, United; MDW (Chicago Midway International) on Southwest.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Chicago to New Orleans?
- There are about 9 nonstop departures per day (roughly 63 per week) from Chicago to New Orleans.
- How far is New Orleans from Chicago?
- New Orleans is about 838 miles from Chicago by air.
- What is there to do in New Orleans?
- Popular things to do include St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans), New Orleans Museum of Art, The Cabildo, Louis Armstrong Park (New Orleans), and more.
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