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Cheap flights from New Orleans to Chicago

40 nonstop flights a week, 5 of them today. Operated by 3 airlines, about 2h 40m in the air, 835 mi (1,344 km). Tickets from $136, nonstop from $151.

Flights from New Orleans to Chicago

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Prices by day: New Orleans to Chicago

Lowest one-way price in dollars from recent searches, cheap days in green. Press a day to see flights and exact prices.

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Best fares from New Orleans to Chicago

Lowest one-way prices found by recent searches for the next 120 days; press a card to search that date

Cheapest one-way $127 24 December 2026, with a connection Cheapest nonstop $151 18 November 2026, American Airlines Cheapest in the next 7 days $136 14 November, Sat Cheapest weekend departure $136 Sat, 14 November 2026 Cheapest month December 2026 tickets from $127

New Orleans to Chicago at a glance

flight time, from 2h 15m to 17h 28m
2h 40m
straight-line distance
835 mi (1,344 km)
flights a week
40
flights today
5
first and last departure
05:00 - 10:28
lowest price, with a connection, 14 November
$136
lowest nonstop price
$151
airlines
3

New Orleans to Chicago ticket prices by month

Lowest one-way fare found by recent searches

Cheapest month: December 2026, tickets from $127. Prices come from searches over the last few days; check the search for your exact date.

The most expensive month is March 2027: from $174. The average across months is $145.

New Orleans to Chicago flight schedule

40 flights a week, 5 today, 46 seasonal or one-off. Departure and arrival times are local.

FlightDepartsArrivesDurationDaysAircraft
WN 1371
Southwest Airlines
05:00 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:30 Chicago Midway International
4h 30m
Sat
Boeing 737
WN 2112
Southwest Airlines
06:10 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
08:35 Chicago Midway International
2h 25m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu
Boeing 737
WN 588
Southwest Airlines
06:45 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:05 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Sat
Boeing 737-800
UA 2124
United Airlines
07:00 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
12:29 , terminal 1
5h 29m
Daily
Boeing 737-800
UA 2844
United Airlines
07:00 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:38 , terminal 1
2h 38m
Daily
Boeing 737-700
AA 4385
American Airlines
08:02 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
10:49 , terminal 3
2h 47m
Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun
Embraer EMB 175
AA 4382
American Airlines
08:04 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
11:00 , terminal 3
2h 56m
Daily
Embraer EMB 175
AA 4385
American Airlines
08:13 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
11:00 , terminal 3
2h 47m
Sat
Embraer EMB 175
WN 2139
Southwest Airlines
09:45 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
12:05 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun
WN 3174
Southwest Airlines
09:50 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
12:10 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Sat
Boeing 737
UA 398
United Airlines
10:25 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
13:05 , terminal 1
2h 40m
Mon
Boeing 737-800
UA 398
United Airlines
10:28 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
13:05 , terminal 1
2h 37m
Tue, Wed
Boeing 737-700

Seasonal and one-off flights

Not operating in the next two weeks. The first of them is on 24 November.

FlightDepartsArrivesDurationDaysAircraft
WN 3174
Southwest Airlines
06:45 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:00 Chicago Midway International
2h 15m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 4385
American Airlines
06:55 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:45 , terminal 3
2h 50m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
AA 3350
American Airlines
09:59 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
12:40 , terminal 3
2h 41m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
WN 3175
Southwest Airlines
10:10 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
12:30 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 4385
American Airlines
06:10 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:00 , terminal 3
2h 50m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
WN 3174
Southwest Airlines
06:30 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
08:50 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
UA 2844
United Airlines
07:04 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:44 , terminal 1
2h 40m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-900
UA 1677
United Airlines
10:25 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
13:03 , terminal 1
2h 38m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
AA 4443
American Airlines
07:56 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
10:45 , terminal 3
2h 49m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
UA 1677
United Airlines
10:30 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
13:08 , terminal 1
2h 38m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-900
AA 1865
American Airlines
10:27 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
13:06 , terminal 3
2h 39m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
UA 1914
United Airlines
06:05 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
23:33 , terminal 1
17h 28m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
UA 1049
United Airlines
06:45 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:28 , terminal 1
2h 43m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
AA 4353
American Airlines
07:56 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
10:45 , terminal 3
2h 49m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
UA 5790
United Airlines
10:25 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
13:15 , terminal 2
2h 50m
Seasonal
Embraer 175
UA 3618
United Airlines
06:45 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:35 , terminal 2
2h 50m
Seasonal
Embraer 175
AA 4353
American Airlines
07:55 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
10:44 , terminal 3
2h 49m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
WN 4017
Southwest Airlines
05:05 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
07:20 Chicago Midway International
2h 15m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
AA 4470
American Airlines
07:49 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
10:40 , terminal 3
2h 51m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
UA 2844
United Airlines
07:01 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:45 , terminal 1
2h 44m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 4017
Southwest Airlines
08:00 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
10:25 Chicago Midway International
2h 25m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 4017
Southwest Airlines
07:20 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:40 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 878
Southwest Airlines
06:25 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
08:45 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
UA 1393
United Airlines
07:06 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
14:35 , terminal 1
7h 29m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
AA 4350
American Airlines
07:48 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
10:35 , terminal 3
2h 47m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
WN 4110
Southwest Airlines
05:00 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
07:15 Chicago Midway International
2h 15m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
UA 1393
United Airlines
06:00 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
14:09 , terminal 1
8h 9m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 4339
American Airlines
07:48 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
10:35 , terminal 3
2h 47m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
WN 2669
Southwest Airlines
05:15 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
07:35 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 2669
Southwest Airlines
05:20 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
07:40 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 2761
Southwest Airlines
07:35 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:55 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
WN 4457
Southwest Airlines
05:00 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
07:20 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 1100
Southwest Airlines
06:30 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
10:30 Chicago Midway International
4h
Seasonal
WN 2669
Southwest Airlines
07:15 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:35 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
WN 3095
Southwest Airlines
06:40 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:00 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 2743
American Airlines
07:15 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:55 , terminal 3
2h 40m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 3095
Southwest Airlines
05:10 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
07:30 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 3095
Southwest Airlines
06:45 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:05 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
WN 3095
Southwest Airlines
06:50 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:10 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
WN 3096
Southwest Airlines
10:05 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
12:25 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 4040
American Airlines
06:47 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:33 , terminal 3
2h 46m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
AA 2091
American Airlines
06:50 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
09:30 , terminal 3
2h 40m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
WN 2898
Southwest Airlines
05:00 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
07:20 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 508
Southwest Airlines
10:10 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
12:30 Chicago Midway International
2h 20m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 3722
American Airlines
07:43 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
10:30 , terminal 3
2h 47m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
AA 3722
American Airlines
07:08 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
10:00 , terminal 3
2h 52m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175

Days of the week are taken from the schedule for the next 14 days; schedules change by season. The search shows seat availability and the price for your date.

Airlines flying New Orleans to Chicago

Flights a week by schedule and the cheapest nonstop fare of each airline found by recent searches

United Airlines17 a week American Airlines12 a week Southwest Airlines11 a week

Airports

Where flights from New Orleans to Chicago depart and land

Departure from New Orleans

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International MSY

40 flights a week, 11 mi (18 km) from the city centre

About the airport

Arrival in Chicago

Chicago Midway International MDW

11 flights a week, 9 mi (14 km) from the city centre

About the airport

When to visit Chicago

Weather by month

Best time to visit: May, June, July, August, September and October, +18° to +27° by day. In November it is +10° by day and +2° at night, with 7 rainy days.

Jan
0° −7° 10 days
Feb
+2° −6° 7 days
Mar
+9° 0° 12 days
Apr
+14° +5° 13 days
May
+19° +10° 11 days
Jun
+27° +17° 9 days
Jul
+27° +19° 12 days
Aug
+27° +19° 10 days
Sep
+24° +16° 7 days
Oct
+18° +10° 11 days
Nov
+10° +2° 7 days
Dec
+4° −3° 10 days

Daytime and night temperatures in °C, rainy days. Months with the most comfortable weather are in green. Long-term averages.

Frequently asked questions

How long is the flight from New Orleans to Chicago?
A nonstop flight takes 2 hours 40 minutes on average, from 2h 15m to 17h 28m depending on the flight.
How far is Chicago from New Orleans?
835 mi (1,344 km) in a straight line between the cities.
Which airlines fly nonstop from New Orleans to Chicago?
United Airlines (17 a week), American Airlines (12 a week) and Southwest Airlines (11 a week).
How many flights a day are there from New Orleans to Chicago?
5 flights today and 40 a week, about 5.7 a day on average.
When are the first and last flights from New Orleans to Chicago?
The first departure is at 05:00 (WN1371), the last at 10:28 (UA398). Local time.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New Orleans to Chicago?
December 2026: tickets from $127. The most expensive is March 2027, from $174.
What is the cheapest upcoming date to fly from New Orleans to Chicago?
24 December 2026 (Thursday): from $127 one way, with a connection, by recent searches. The search shows the price for your dates.
Which airline is the cheapest from New Orleans to Chicago?
American Airlines: nonstop tickets from $151 on 18 November by recent searches. Prices change daily, so compare the sellers in the search.
Which New Orleans airport do flights to Chicago leave from?
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (40 a week).