Earliest time for Flight out of New Orleans

[kshees]

I have a question, one of our party is wanting to fly home from New Orleans, what is the earliest that she can catch a flight? We are on the Sunshing Dec 8th sailing and we will be dropping her off at the airport, we are supposed to be docking at 8am.

Thanks for your help

[Budget Queen]

Consider a flight of noon or later. You need to allow 30 minutes between the airport and port, and depends on HOW everyone is getting off the ship? For an earlier time, then everyone would have to consider self disembarkation, so to be first off the ship and the car parking to be at the port.

[VideoTech]

The airport is a 30 minute cab ride from the port. If Carnival is similar to NCL, the ship docks early in the morning, and disembarkation begins around 8am. Those who can carry off their own suitcases are usually allowed to disembark first.

 

SO: assuming no problems with the ship clearing port authorities, assuming no delays in your party disembarking, getting luggage, and clearing customs, you could be on the dock, ready to jump in a cab, by 8:30 or 9:00 am.

 

However, unless it's absolutely important to get that early flight, I wouldn't subject myself to the stress and strain of worrying about something going wrong and possibly missing the flight...particularly now that airplanes fly full and missing your flight might mean waiting on a standby seat all day, with no assurance of getting one.

 

I always book flights at noon or later. Never had a problem making those flights from our cruises from New Orleans, and you can take your time getting off the ship.

[kshees]

Thanks for the information. We told her not to get a flight before 12:30.