Direct Flights from New Orleans to San Antonio
San Antonio · Texas
Nonstop service from MSY to SAT on Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
32 cities have a nonstop to San Antonio, New Orleans among them.
How long to go to San Antonio for, from New Orleans
1h 30m in the air, 493 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in San Antonio. Two nights works.
About San Antonio
San Antonio is the second largest city in the state of Texas and the 7th largest in the United States. It's the 24th largest metropolitan area in the country. Visited by more than 31 million annual visitors, San Antonio is a beautiful city at the axis of three different geological terrains: Hill Country, South Texas Plains and Prairie and Lakes. There's a lot to do in this city: fine art museums, historical missions and plenty of amusement parks in addition to great dining and lots of drinking. The culture and people are vibrant and interesting. San Antonio's downtown is one of the most lively in the nation.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in San Antonio
- The Tower of the Americas is a 750-foot (229-meter) observation tower-restaurant located in the Hemisfair district in the southeastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States.
- San Fernando Cathedral also called the Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria and Guadalupe is a cathedral of the Catholic Church located in San Antonio, Texas, in the United States.
- The San Antonio Zoo is a 57-acre (23 ha) zoo located in Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
- Six Flags Fiesta Texas is an amusement park in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It opened on March 14, 1992, in the La Cantera master-planned development and district as the first business in that development.
- The Natural Bridge Caverns are the largest commercial caverns in the US state of Texas.
- Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded in 1731 by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order, on the eastern banks of the San Antonio River in present-day San Antonio, Texas.
- SeaWorld San Antonio is a 416-acre (168 ha) marine mammal park, oceanarium and animal theme park in the Westover Hills District of San Antonio, Texas, on the city's west side.
- The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) is an art museum in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. The museum spans 5,000 years of global culture.
- The McNay Art Museum, founded in 1954 in San Antonio, is the first modern art museum in Texas.
- Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo is an historic Catholic mission in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The mission was named in part for the Marquis de San Miguel de Aguayo, José de Azlor y Virto de Vera.
- The San Antonio Botanical Garden is a 41-acre (17 ha), non-profit botanical garden in San Antonio, Texas, United States, and the city's official botanical garden.
- The Cave Without a Name is a limestone solutional cave in the Texas Hill Country region of Central Texas. It is a National Natural Landmark.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
San Antonio weather, compared with New Orleans
Within 2° of New Orleans on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- San Antonio 64°F · New Orleans 63°F · much the same
- April
- San Antonio 81°F · New Orleans 79°F · 2° warmer
- July
- San Antonio 96°F · New Orleans 91°F · 4° warmer
- October
- San Antonio 83°F · New Orleans 81°F · 2° warmer
August averages 97°F, hot enough to plan the middle of the day around.
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 San Antonio
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit San Antonio is November–April, when daytime highs are a comfortable 64–81°F.
- How long to stay
- San Antonio rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Tower of the Americas, Cathedral of San Fernando (San Antonio), and San Antonio Zoo and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from New Orleans to San Antonio?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from New Orleans (MSY) to San Antonio (SAT) on Southwest.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from New Orleans to San Antonio?
- Southwest flies nonstop between New Orleans (MSY) and San Antonio (SAT).
- How many nonstop flights are there from New Orleans to San Antonio?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from New Orleans to San Antonio.
- How far is San Antonio from New Orleans?
- San Antonio is about 493 miles from New Orleans by air.
- What is there to do in San Antonio?
- Popular things to do include Tower of the Americas, Cathedral of San Fernando (San Antonio), San Antonio Zoo, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, and more.
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