Flights from New Orleans to Los Angeles

• The shortest flight distance between New Orleans and Los Angeles is 1671 miles.
• The average flight time from New Orleans, LA to Los Angeles, CA takes about 225 minutes.
• Delta Airlines offers the shortest flight times from New Orleans to Los Angeles.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between New Orleans and Los Angeles from American Airlines is the B767-3/R built by Boeing with 225 seats.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from New Orleans to Los Angeles in 2009 was 71.61%.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MSY to LAX for Northwest Airlines is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 54 seats.
• UNITED carried a total of 62,086 passengers from MSY to LAX in 2009.
• There were 91,069 passengers that flew from New Orleans to Los Angeles in 2009.
• Delta Airlines, UNITED operate the shortest flights from New Orleans to Los Angeles.
• The newest aircraft servicing MSY to LAX in 2009 was Delta Airlines' B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• Flight #327, operated by UNITED, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 15 minutes average delay between flights from New Orleans to Los Angeles.
• 129,645 seats were available on flights from MSY to LAX in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 91,069 passengers flew on all flights from MSY to LAX that year.
• The shortest flight between MSY and LAX takes about 225 minutes.
• Delta Airlines operated flights from MSY to LAX using 3 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from New Orleans, LA to Los Angeles, CA in 2009 was American Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• UNITED, Delta Airlines, American Airlines, Northwest Airlines offer flights from New Orleans, LA to Los Angeles, CA.
• In 2009, there were 4 airline companies operating between New Orleans and Los Angeles.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)