Cheap Flights from Richmond, VA to New Orleans, LA from $57

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 1 direct and 177 connecting flights from Richmond to New Orleans. You can compare airfare deals from 4 airlines and multiple travel sites from $57, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out RIC-MSY flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Richmond to New Orleans Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Richmond to New Orleans with the lowest price of $57. The fastest direct flight takes 2h 40m and the fastest connecting – 4h 52m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $74 Find flight	11:01 Richmond Richmond International Airport	12:41 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	2h 40m	Mexicana	MX315
from $57 Find flight	05:30 Richmond Richmond International Airport	14:19 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	9h 49m layover 5h 42m - Orlando	Spirit Airlines	NK148 NK3644
from $89 Find flight	10:25 Richmond Richmond International Airport	19:55 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	10h 30m layover 6h 0m - Miami	Spirit Airlines	NK1219 NK3950
from $189 Find flight	09:09 Richmond Richmond International Airport	18:18 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	10h 9m layover 1h 26m - Las Vegas	Mexicana	MX116 NK1064
from $198 Find flight	06:15 Richmond Richmond International Airport	10:07 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	4h 52m layover 0h 50m - Washington D.C.	United Airlines	UA4503 UA2253
from $198 Find flight	09:23 Richmond Richmond International Airport	17:07 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	8h 44m layover 3h 48m - Newark	United Airlines	UA4493 UA1343
from $199 Find flight	06:04 Richmond Richmond International Airport	10:53 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	5h 49m layover 0h 45m - Houston	United Airlines	UA6188 UA1564
from $199 Find flight	09:15 Richmond Richmond International Airport	14:28 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	6h 13m layover 0h 55m - Newark	United Airlines	UA4493 UA2468
from $199 Find flight	17:11 Richmond Richmond International Airport	22:30 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	6h 19m layover 1h 15m - Chicago	United Airlines	UA4391 UA1069
from $199 Find flight	14:30 Richmond Richmond International Airport	21:04 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	7h 34m layover 2h 21m - Newark	United Airlines	UA4398 UA765
from $199 Find flight	06:04 Richmond Richmond International Airport	13:13 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	8h 9m layover 3h 5m - Houston	United Airlines	UA6188 UA2319
from $202 Find flight	14:29 Richmond Richmond International Airport	19:32 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	6h 3m layover 2h 4m - Washington D.C.	United Airlines	UA4831 UA721
from $245 Find flight	09:26 Richmond Richmond International Airport	20:45 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	12h 19m layover 2h 54m - Los Angeles	Mexicana	MX534 NK387
from $169 Find flight	17:57 Richmond Richmond International Airport	07:55+1 день New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	14h 58m layover 2h 50m - Miami 6h 42m - Orlando	Spirit Airlines	NK1227 NK676 NK3644
from $203 Find flight	18:06 Richmond Richmond International Airport	07:29+1 день New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	14h 23m layover 1h 1m - Nashville 7h 19m - Orlando	Allegiant Air	G4328 NK878 NK1700
from $209 Find flight	07:00 Richmond Richmond International Airport	22:35 New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl	16h 35m layover 5h 56m - Miami 3h 16m - Dallas	Spirit Airlines	NK268 NK161 NK217

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on May 09, 2025

Flight Schedule Richmond (Virginia) to New Orleans (Louisiana)

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Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
11:01 — 12:41	11:01 — 12:41 MX315 Mexicana Richmond — New Orleans	2h 40m	Find flight from$74
05:30 — 14:19	05:30 — 07:44 NK148 Spirit Airlines Richmond — Orlando 5h 42m stop 13:26 — 14:19 NK3644 Spirit Airlines Orlando — New Orleans	9h 49m including layover	Find flight from$57
05:30 — 09:55	05:30 — 07:44 NK148 Spirit Airlines Richmond — Orlando 1h 18m stop 14:58 — 15:51 NK2025 Spirit Airlines Orlando — New Orleans	5h 25m including layover	Find flight from$102
06:04 — 10:53	06:04 — 08:50 UA6188 United Airlines Richmond — Houston 45m stop 09:35 — 10:53 UA1564 United Airlines Houston — New Orleans	5h 49m including layover	Find flight from$199
06:15 — 10:07	06:15 — 07:25 UA4503 United Airlines Richmond — Washington D.C. 50m stop 08:15 — 10:07 UA2253 United Airlines Washington D.C. — New Orleans	4h 52m including layover	Find flight from$198
09:09 — 18:18	09:09 — 11:34 MX116 Mexicana Richmond — Las Vegas 1h 26m stop 13:00 — 18:18 NK1064 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — New Orleans	10h 9m including layover	Find flight from$189
09:23 — 17:07	09:23 — 11:00 UA4493 United Airlines Richmond — Newark 3h 48m stop 14:48 — 17:07 UA1343 United Airlines Newark — New Orleans	8h 44m including layover	Find flight from$198
10:25 — 19:55	10:33 — 12:53 NK1219 Spirit Airlines Richmond — Miami 6h stop 19:15 — 20:25 NK3950 Spirit Airlines Miami — New Orleans	10h 30m including layover	Find flight from$89
14:29 — 19:32	14:29 — 15:31 UA4831 United Airlines Richmond — Washington D.C. 2h 4m stop 17:35 — 19:32 UA721 United Airlines Washington D.C. — New Orleans	6h 3m including layover	Find flight from$202
14:30 — 21:04	14:30 — 16:09 UA4398 United Airlines Richmond — Newark 2h 21m stop 18:30 — 21:04 UA765 United Airlines Newark — New Orleans	7h 34m including layover	Find flight from$199
16:36 — 21:39	16:36 — 19:10 UA6117 United Airlines Richmond — Houston 1h 15m stop 20:25 — 21:39 UA2170 United Airlines Houston — New Orleans	6h 3m including layover	Find flight from$294
17:11 — 22:30	17:10 — 18:31 UA4391 United Airlines Richmond — Chicago 1h 15m stop 19:55 — 22:30 UA1069 United Airlines Chicago — New Orleans	6h 19m including layover	Find flight from$199
07:00 — 22:35	07:00 — 09:29 NK268 Spirit Airlines Richmond — Miami 5h 56m stop 15:25 — 17:51 NK161 Spirit Airlines Miami — Dallas 3h 16m stop 21:07 — 22:35 NK217 Spirit Airlines Dallas — New Orleans	16h 35m including layover	Find flight from$209
07:00 — 20:53	07:00 — 09:29 NK268 Spirit Airlines Richmond — Miami 2h 51m stop 12:20 — 15:32 NK369 Spirit Airlines Miami — Boston 2h 22m stop 17:54 — 20:53 NK1372 Spirit Airlines Boston — New Orleans	14h 53m including layover	Find flight from$263
10:25 — 23:37	10:25 — 12:45 NK1219 Spirit Airlines Richmond — Miami 2h 18m stop 15:03 — 17:00 NK909 Spirit Airlines Miami — Houston 5h 27m stop 22:27 — 23:37 NK3919 Spirit Airlines Houston — New Orleans	14h 12m including layover	Find flight from$143
16:16 — 06:10 +1 day	15:49 — 18:14 NK1219 Spirit Airlines Richmond — Miami 3h 44m stop 22:05 — 00:05 NK352 Spirit Airlines Miami — Houston 4h 34m stop 05:00 — 06:20 NK1153 Spirit Airlines Houston — New Orleans	14h 54m including layover	Find flight from$189
17:57 — 07:55 +1 day	17:57 — 20:20 NK1227 Spirit Airlines Richmond — Miami 2h 50m stop 23:10 — 00:18 NK676 Spirit Airlines Miami — Orlando 6h 42m stop 07:00 — 07:55 NK3644 Spirit Airlines Orlando — New Orleans	14h 58m including layover	Find flight from$169
18:06 — 07:29 +1 day	18:06 — 19:13 G4328 Allegiant Air Richmond — Nashville 1h 1m stop 20:14 — 23:11 NK878 Spirit Airlines Nashville — Orlando 7h 19m stop 06:30 — 07:29 NK1700 Spirit Airlines Orlando — New Orleans	14h 23m including layover	Find flight from$203
22:44 — 17:48 +1 day	22:44 — 23:44 G4328 Allegiant Air Richmond — Nashville 6h 31m stop 06:15 — 09:36 NK1300 Spirit Airlines Nashville — Miami 7h stop 16:36 — 17:48 NK3950 Spirit Airlines Miami — New Orleans	20h 4m including layover	Find flight from$263

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on May 9, 2025

Flight Information

Below we will explain in detail what the flights cost on the destination from Richmond to New Orleans depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between Richmond and New Orleans is 1457 miles. Time difference between the cities is 1h. Airplanes depart 05:30 to 22:44 from 1 Richmond airport and arrive 05:30 to 22:44 to 3 New Orleans airports. Average flight time is 2h 40m.

The fastest flight 2h 40m
Average flight time 2h 40m
The earliest flight 05:30
The latest flight 22:44
Distance 906 ml

The cheapest months to travel to New Orleans are december (from 57 $), january (from 74 $), november (from 102 $).

The most expensive months are february (from 202 $), november (from 102 $), january (from 74 $).

What is the lowest airfare Richmond to New Orleans?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $57. This airfare is for economy class on one-way NK148 flight by Spirit Airlines for December 3, 2024 which leaves Richmond International Airport in Richmond at 05:30 am and arrives at New Orleans Louis Armstrong Intl at 14:19.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Richmond — New Orleans is served by 4 regular airlines and 2 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Mexicana - 7 departures per week at the price of from $ 74 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Spirit Airlines airline - from $ 1256.

Direct flights

There are 1 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is MX315 by Mexicana takes 2h 40m and the cheapest is NK148 by Spirit Airlines for $74.

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Connecting Flights

There are 177 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA4503 by United Airlines takes 4h 52m and the cheapest is NK148 by Spirit Airlines for $57.

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Airports

You can fly from Richmond to New Orleans from 1 airports (Richmond International Airport).

Richmond airports

Richmond International Airport-RIC

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New Orleans airports

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Airplanes

There are flights to New Orleans from Richmond by 4 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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