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Scan through all non-stop flights from New Orleans to San Diego. The full flight schedule below gives an overview of all non-stop flights from MSY to SAN, which includes the daily timetable of every operating airline for the upcoming 12 months.
Note: for airline-specific flight schedules, please scroll further down.
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Currently, there is only one airline operating non-stop flights from New Orleans MSY to San Diego SAN, which is Southwest Airlines. This section gives an overview of the flight schedules and timetables of every airline with direct flights for this route.
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Flights from MSY to SAN are operated 7 times a week, with an average of 1 flight per day. Departure times vary between 15:50 - 19:15. The earliest flight departs at 15:50, the last flight departs at 19:15. However, this depends on the date you are flying so please check with the full flight schedule above to see which departure times are available on your preferred date(s) of travel.
On this non-stop route, you can fly in Economy only.
The fastest direct flight from New Orleans to San Diego takes 4 hours and 15 minutes. The flight distance between New Orleans and San Diego is 1,595 miles (or 2,567 km).
There are 2 airports in San Diego: San Diego International Airport (SAN) and McClellan-Palomar Airport (FAA: CRQ) (CLD).
There are 7 flights per week flying from New Orleans to San Diego (as of April 2026).
4 hours and 15 minutes is the average flight time from New Orleans to San Diego.
The distance from New Orleans to San Diego is 1,595 miles (2,567 kilometers).
Southwest Airlines is the only airline flying nonstop from New Orleans to San Diego.
There are no alliances flying direct from New Orleans to San Diego at the moment.
You can fly non-stop in Economy only.
Aircraft types that fly from New Orleans to San Diego:
The earliest flight departs at 15:50 from New Orleans and arrives at 17:55 at San Diego.
The latest flight departs at 19:15 from New Orleans and arrives at 21:00 at San Diego.
1,595 miles (2,567 km) · 4h 15m
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WN 3512
Southwest Airlines
Boeing 737 MAX 8
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17:20
19:25
Southwest Airlines
WN 3512
Southwest Airlines
Boeing 737 MAX 8
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18:00
20:15
Southwest Airlines
WN 878
Southwest Airlines
Boeing 737-800 (winglets)
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18:05
20:10
Southwest Airlines
WN 3512
Southwest Airlines
Boeing 737 MAX 8
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18:10
20:25
Southwest Airlines
WN 878
Southwest Airlines
Boeing 737 MAX 8
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18:25
20:40
Southwest Airlines
WN 878
Southwest Airlines
Boeing 757
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18:30
20:35
Southwest Airlines
WN 3512
Southwest Airlines
Boeing 757
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