Great-circle route LHR → MSY. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from London to New Orleans is approximately 9h 25m nonstop. The distance is 4,620 miles (7,435 km). There is about 1 nonstop flight from London to New Orleans per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LHR → MSY London Heathrow Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport |
9h 25m | 4,620 mi | 4/wk | British Airways |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
British Airways is the only airline flying nonstop from London to New Orleans.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 787-10, Boeing 787.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
On a long east–west route like this one the two directions do not take the same time. Aircraft flying eastbound ride the mid-latitude jet stream and typically arrive earlier than the westbound leg, which flies into it. The difference is commonly 30 to 90 minutes on transatlantic and transpacific flights, and it varies by season. The estimate above does not model wind — treat it as a midpoint and check the airline's own timetable for the block time on your date.
The distance from London to New Orleans is 4,620 miles, or 7,435 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 4,620 mi |
| Kilometres | 7,435 km |
| Nautical miles | 4,015 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. British Airways flies it nonstop, with about 4 departures a week. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 9h 25m in the air on the LHR–MSY nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 4,620-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
4,620 miles (7,435 km) great-circle between London Heathrow Airport and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
British Airways.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 787-10, Boeing 787. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
