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$81 Find cheap flights from New Orleans to Sacramento

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from New Orleans to Sacramento departing on 9/18. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from New Orleans to Sacramento, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from New Orleans to Sacramento (MSY-SMF)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from New Orleans to Sacramento that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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10:15 pm - 10:05 amMSY-SMF
13h 50m1 stop
11:20 am - 12:18 amSMF-MSY
10h 58m1 stop
$167Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Jun 12 - Wed, Jun 19
3:30 pm - 10:05 amMSY-SMF
20h 35m2 stops
11:20 am - 12:18 amSMF-MSY
10h 58m1 stop
$175Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Jun 12 - Wed, Jun 19
10:38 pm - 10:08 amMSY-SMF
13h 30m2 stops
11:20 am - 12:18 amSMF-MSY
10h 58m1 stop
$178Spirit Airlines
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Mon, Jun 17 - Wed, Jun 19
3:40 pm - 7:51 pmMSY-SMF
6h 11m1 stop
8:46 pm - 9:35 pmSMF-MSY
22h 49m1 stop
Tue, Jun 18 - Mon, Jun 24
9:52 pm - 10:08 amMSY-SMF
14h 16m1 stop
10:17 pm - 9:47 pmSMF-MSY
21h 30m1 stop
Mon, Jun 17 - Wed, Jun 19
6:25 am - 2:28 pmMSY-SMF
10h 03m1 stop
5:15 pm - 8:54 amSMF-MSY
13h 39m2 stops
$328Delta
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Wed, Sep 4 - Tue, Sep 17
7:45 am - 7:23 pmMSY-SMF
13h 38m2 stops
5:15 pm - 8:54 amSMF-MSY
13h 39m2 stops
$333Delta
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Wed, Sep 4 - Tue, Sep 17
7:09 pm - 12:14 amMSY-SMF
7h 05m1 stop
11:59 pm - 8:43 amSMF-MSY
6h 44m1 stop
$376American Airlines
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Fri, Oct 4 - Sun, Oct 6
7:09 am - 3:38 pmMSY-SMF
10h 29m2 stops
9:53 am - 8:41 pmSMF-MSY
8h 48m2 stops
$386American Airlines
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Thu, Aug 22 - Thu, Aug 29
10:53 am - 8:04 pmMSY-SMF
11h 11m2 stops
5:03 pm - 8:52 amSMF-MSY
13h 49m2 stops
$1,254Alaska Airlines
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Thu, Sep 5 - Tue, Sep 17

Flights from New Orleans to Sacramento - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from New Orleans to Sacramento to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from New Orleans to Sacramento?

The average price of all flights from New Orleans to Sacramento clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Sacramento on a Friday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from New Orleans to Sacramento. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Wednesday and avoiding Mondays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from New Orleans to Sacramento?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from New Orleans to Sacramento, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from New Orleans to Sacramento is November, where tickets cost $290 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and May, where the average cost of tickets is $490 and $477 respectively.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from New Orleans to Sacramento?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest one-way tickets to Sacramento from New Orleans were found on Spirit Airlines ($81) and Frontier ($148), and the lowest round-trip tickets were found on Spirit Airlines ($167) and Delta ($328).

Good to know

Low season

February

High season

June

Cheapest flight

$81
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 7% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 7% increase in price.
Flight from New Orleans to Sacramento

When to book flights from New Orleans to Sacramento

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from New Orleans to Sacramento based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from New Orleans to Sacramento

  • What is the cheapest flight from New Orleans to Sacramento?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from New Orleans to Sacramento was $81 for a one-way ticket and $167 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between New Orleans and Sacramento?

    No

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from New Orleans to Sacramento?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from New Orleans to Sacramento?

    oneworld, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between New Orleans and Sacramento, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from New Orleans to Sacramento, Delta or American Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from New Orleans to Sacramento are Delta and American Airlines. With an average price for the route of $465 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. American Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $475 and an overall rating of 7.3.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New Orleans to Sacramento?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from New Orleans to Sacramento.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from New Orleans to Sacramento?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Sacramento from New Orleans is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from New Orleans to Sacramento?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Sacramento with an airline and back to New Orleans with another airline. Booking your flights between New Orleans and SMF can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from New Orleans to Sacramento?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Sacramento from New Orleans up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 4 airlines serving from New Orleans to Sacramento

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from New Orleans to Sacramento. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from New Orleans to Sacramento? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 10457 reviews
8.2Boarding
8.0Entertainment
8.6Crew
7.4Food
7.9Comfort
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Had to change aircraft due to a faulty door. Surprisingly it only caused about an hour and a half of delay. Delta handled this situation as well as can be expected.

8.0 ExcellentLiam, May 2024SLC - SJC
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Had to change aircraft due to a faulty door. Surprisingly it only caused about an hour and a half of delay. Delta handled this situation as well as can be expected.

Your crew could maybe answer the call bell at least one of the times I pressed it. I pressed it first time with 2.5 hours left in our flight bc my partner was hungry and wanted a sandwich. We finally got the sandwich with 40 mins left in the flight.

The Flight crew didn’t serve us until about 1.5 hours into the flight because of turbulence but after it ended it was fine to move around. They served us water only and snacks and then NEVER, NOT ONE TIME came through to collect trash until right before landing about 1.5 hours later. There was absolutely no need for that. They crew was just standing around talking and visiting with each other and really never tried to see if we might want something besides water or even try to come pick up trash. This is VERY unusual for a Delta flight but it was not what I would have expected for a 4 hour flight.

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

Had a broken tray in business class. Crew just shrugged it off.

I didn’t like that I could not select my seat and was assigned a seat when I checked in at LAX

Great experience overall. Check in at Austin was congested as they only have about 6 check in kiosks, one was broken, and there was a lot of Spring Break travelers.

Bag drop off was slow and annoying. Only 2 agents at the entire delta desk, and no one directing traffic for what line to be in, many confused people slowed down the process. Boarding was fine. Seats in Delta comfort plus were fine. Snacks were great! Definitely a bonus. The entertainment system was awful — old, slow, not responsive, and completely unable to play games due to some kind of error. But on the other hand, thank you to Delta for the free WiFi. That made it better.

Everything was very good other than I had selected a specific seat when I booked the flight and they changed it once I checked-in the day before my flight. I was still in first class but lost my aisle seat for a window seat. Being tall, the aisle offers more comfort so I always select an aisle seat.

Flight diverted in SD. Later take off in Seattle by 1.3hrs

Dinner was okay but the breakfast was not eatable on the flight San Francisco to Zurich.

Check in etc was very good. As for on the plane, it was like flying in a freezer. It was so cold, i have flown for years and never been so cold on a plane. Staff on board said its always cold when flying which is a load of rubbish. They wouldnt put any heating on and now i have the flu because of this .

I’ve had a couple flights this week on United that were delayed by an hour or more

Should have video screens Plane audio was poor and without wired connection hard to understand crew. Should serve more than just cups of water and pretzels on six hour flight. Did not see crew rest of flight. Fix charging sockets to retain charging blocks.

Generally good but there wasn’t any staff available when my luggage didn’t appear at baggage claim in Fresno. It took about half an hour to locate a staff member to open up the locked room where it was being kept.

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

Our original business class flight was cancelled so we not only downgraded but we were also spread out across the plane not sitting together in separate middle seats. My poor kids were scared and couldn’t see me on the flight and the crew wasn’t sensitive to the situation and what the airlines did to us. Very dissatisfied with United airlines.

The WiFi didn’t work and the seats are too close together. Very uncomfortable.

So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.

delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

There were delays on both ends. It made it less than excellent. This plane was great though

Everything was great except for the wifi was junk. Crew was super friendly and helpful

Attendants were rude. Scowling. Seats were miserable and we paid extra.

LIT to DFW - 3 hours late; the entire plane had been boarded before they told us there was a delay due to a weather-related ground stop in Dallas. DFW to MAY - 2+ hours late due to A/C needing to be repaired after everyone had boarded, then when we finally reach the runway, the First Officer timed out and we had to taxi all the way back to the gate and wait for a new one. I arrived in New Orleans 5+ hours later than I should have. Return flights were completely cancelled; rebooked through the app to fly through CLT instead of DFW. MSY to CLT had no issues, but CLT to LIT was delayed 1.25 hrs because flight attendants had not arrived to the airport yet. At least they didn’t make us all sit on the plane to wait for them. I should have driven.

Fight crew was not very attentive and the bastions were gross!

Our flight was great we left Kona earlier and got into LAX almost an 1hour earlier as well. LAX AA is in repair so to get out and found our bus to get pick up was a bit confusing.

Nice aircraft. Plane was PACKED full and distance between seats was tight. Had it been more than a two hour flight it would not have been tolerable. I had much more knee space on the JetBlue flight I went out on.

Plane was good but was delayed. probably not AA fault but caused a 1 hour delay. Seating was cramped.

Flight attendants had no personality! The looked miserable! My seat was broken in first class. I can’t believe how American Airlines changed. 😞

5 hour flight - full flight - not enough room to use my computer - slightly delayed - Admirals club was excellent quality food, drink made up for flight seating. No food offerred on flight, you ahd to prebook.

They stuck us with multiple extra fees. I will never fly spirit again

The guy with severe body odor sat next to me. For the whole duration of the flight it was a torture. The airline should have better policy on limiting people with bad body odor to board the flight. Passengers should not be the ones to endure bad odor for the whole duration of the flight. The airline should be e the one to ensure decent air quality for ever passenger.

They charged me 212.00 for a heavy check in bag at the gate. The pricing and process was so confusing - as if it was designed to purposefully gouge customers who need to board plane. That experience combined with the outrageous price charged will prevent me from ever flying Spirit again. And I’ll be sure to tell the story to anyone who cares to hear.

The text told me it was changed to Terminal E and Gate D5. But with no one on site to ask questions there was confusion on where to go as all the gates were E's. Then we took the skyline to the D area. We left to get something to eat. No announcement was made but my daughter happened to asked and they told her our gate was moved to D12. I will not fly Spirit again.

The agent at the check in desk was absolutely rude. The rest of the team after that was good, but the check in process at LAS was miserable. The woman at the desk spoke like we were stupid and was rude throughout the process.

Its so random that they only allow 40 pounds on checked bags when all airlines take 55. They then charge you for each 10 extra pounds, so my checked suitcase was $130 and the flight $30 ... its like whattt, im for sure not traveling with Spirit again

So bad. The check in process was laborious and the check in agent didn't seem to know how to manage the process efficiently and was confused about how to check in my son's sports equipment. The baggage fees were outrageous and so expensive. $90 for a carry on bag? And $200 additional for 2 check ins. The security lines were insanely long and the terminal was not very nice in the Spirit area. $5 for a water on board. It was my first and last time flying Spirit - I tried to save $ by flying them due to the accommodating schedule but I should have paid for Southwest, because it would've actually ended up less expensive due to the free bags with Southwest. There were no charging ports on the airplane, no wifi and really uncomfortable seating. The flight crew were great though, courteous and efficient in their boarding. Flight was delayed 1 hour, but we made up 15 minutes in flight.

Well those seats! Man! On a short flight tolerable but too stiff and lack of cushioning make a longer flight uncomfortable. Good leg room tho, but I’m only 5’3”….

My experience was better than expected. What I did find not so great was the seats. Very little room, they did not recline and the tray table was the size of a post card. There was no food to try, just standard snacks that you had to pay for and I don’t know of any entertainment. I would fly again even though everything was an upcharge. Flight was on time with little disturbance

thy don't even ofer water we have to buy it for $4.49 and paid for our cary on bags $100 each we never will fly in this company again.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from New Orleans to Sacramento found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
9/18Wed
1 stopSpirit Airlines
7h 09mMSY-SMF
$81
7/1Mon
1 stopSpirit Airlines
14h 16mMSY-SMF
$88
7/20Sat
1 stopSpirit Airlines
6h 10mMSY-SMF
$91
7/1Mon
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
16h 32mMSY-SMF
$97
6/13Thu
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
23h 22mMSY-SMF
$103
6/13Thu
1 stopFrontier
23h 21mMSY-SMF
$148
6/9Sun
1 stopFrontier
23h 02mMSY-SMF
$179
6/22Sat
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
8h 42mMSY-SMF
$183
10/14Mon
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 39mMSY-SMF
$269
10/14Mon
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
13h 36mMSY-SMF
$380

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Last minute flights from New Orleans to Sacramento

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from New Orleans to Sacramento that are departing in the next 10 days.
6/3Mon
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
8h 22mMSY-SMF
6/10Mon
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
8h 25mSMF-MSY
$688
6/3Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 52mMSY-SMF
6/10Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
5h 35mSMF-MSY
$781

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New Orleans - Sacramento Flights

Departure:

New Orleans (MSY)United States

Destination:

Sacramento (SMF)United States

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Sacramento - New Orleans

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