There are 10 ways to get from Albuquerque to Nova Scotia by plane, train (Amtrak), bus, train, car, shuttle, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Albuquerque International Airport to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport
best- Fly from Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport (YQY)plane ABQ - YQY
15h 3m$1,020–4,326Fly Albuquerque International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane ABQ - YHZ
12h 31m$253–1,104Train via Toronto
- Take the train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Detroittrain
- Take the train from Windsor to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Montréaltrain
- Take the train from Montréal to Halifaxtrain
2d 20h$1,779–3,299Bus, train
- Take the bus from Albuquerque Bus Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Montrealbus
- Take the bus from Montréal to Québecbus
- Take the train from Sainte-Foy to Monctontrain
- Take the bus from Moncton to Halifax Bus Terminalbus
3d 7h$967–1,707Drive 4,518.7 km
- Drive from Albuquerque to Halifaxcar 4,518.7 km
2d$910–1,314Shuttle to Santa Fe Municipal Airport, fly to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Albuquerque International Sunport to Santa Fe, NM - Municipal Airport
- Fly from Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane SAF - YHZ
13h 12m$331–1,073Fly Albuquerque International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport, bus
- Fly from Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) to Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM)plane ABQ - YQM
- Take the bus from Moncton Airport to Trurobus
15h 52m$340–1,361Fly Albuquerque International Airport to St. John Airport, car ferry, drive
- Fly from Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) to St. John Airport (YSJ)plane ABQ - YSJ
- Take the carferry from Saint John, NB to Digbycarferry
- Drive from Digby to Kentvillecar
19h 25m$435–1,713Train
- Take the train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Schenectadytrain
- Take the train from Schenectady to St-Lambert Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Saint-Lambert to Halifaxtrain
3d 3h$2,127–3,576Train, bus
- Take the train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Union Station to Grand Rapids Vernon J. Ehlers Stationbus
- Take the bus from Grand Rapids to Detroitbus
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Torontobus
- Take the bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to St-Antoine O. @ Rue Mansfield // St Antoine W. @ Mansfield St.bus
- Take the train from Montréal to Halifaxtrain
3d 4h
Albuquerque to Nova Scotia by bus, taxi, and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Albuquerque to Nova Scotia is to fly which costs $250 - $1,100 and takes 12h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Albuquerque to Nova Scotia is to fly which takes 12h 31m and costs $250 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct train from Albuquerque to Nova Scotia. However, there are services departing from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center and arriving at Halifax via Chicago Union Station, Windsor, Toronto Union Station and Montréal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
The distance between Albuquerque and Nova Scotia is 4074 km. The road distance is 4518.7 km.
The best way to get from Albuquerque to Nova Scotia without a car is to bus and train which takes 3 days 7h and costs $950 - $1,800.
It takes approximately 15h 3m to get from Albuquerque to Nova Scotia, including transfers.
Albuquerque to Nova Scotia train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center station.
The best way to get from Albuquerque to Nova Scotia is to fly which takes 15h 3m and costs $1,000 - $4,400. Alternatively, you can train via Toronto, which costs $1,700 - $3,300 and takes 2 days 20h.
Nova Scotia is 3h ahead of Albuquerque. It is currently 2:16 AM in Albuquerque and 5:16 AM in Nova Scotia.
Albuquerque to Nova Scotia train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
What companies run services between Albuquerque, NM, USA and Nova Scotia, Canada?
United Airlines, Air Canada, and two other airlines fly from Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport (YQY) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Halifax via Chicago Union Station, Detroit, Windsor, Toronto Union Station, and Montréal in around 2d 20h.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,300
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport via Denver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,500
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Denver, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Denver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Minneapolis, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Santa Fe Municipal Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Denver, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport via Denver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport via Minneapolis, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to St. John Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to St. John Airport via Denver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to St. John Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Denver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Santa Fe Municipal Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Denver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport via Washington Dulles, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport via Denver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport via Minneapolis, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to St. John Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to St. John Airport via Denver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to St. John Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 9m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,700
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $220–340
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,700
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Schenectady
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Schenectady to St-Lambert Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–270
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,700
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Windsor to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–300
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $80–210
- Business
- $130–280
- Business Plus
- $140–300
- Economy
- $90–220
- Economy Plus
- $100–230
Train from Toronto Union Station to Montréal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–350
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $120–290
- Business
- $170–330
- Business Plus
- $190–350
- Economy
- $140–300
- Economy Plus
- $150–310
Train from Montréal to Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $310–700
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $310–650
- Business
- $380–600
- Business Plus
- $390–600
- Economy
- $350–700
- Economy Plus
- $390–700
Train from Sainte-Foy to Moncton
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–430
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $180–400
- Business
- $240–410
- Business Plus
- $250–430
- Economy
- $200–410
- Economy Plus
- $230–420
Train from Saint-Lambert to Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $310–700
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $310–650
- Business
- $380–600
- Business Plus
- $390–600
- Economy
- $350–700
- Economy Plus
- $390–700
Train from Montréal to Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $310–700
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $310–650
- Business
- $380–600
- Business Plus
- $390–600
- Economy
- $350–700
- Economy Plus
- $390–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Albuquerque Bus Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $260–390
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $260–390
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 833 449 6444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Orleans Express
Bus from Montréal to Québec
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- Orleans Express
- Adult
- $50–70
- Phone
- +1 800 575 1807
- [email protected]
- Website
- Maritimebus
Bus from Moncton to Halifax Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–270
- Website
- Maritimebus
Bus from Moncton Airport to Truro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Website
- Maritimebus
- Phone
- +1-575-613-3256
- [email protected]
- Website
- Taos Rides
Shuttle from Albuquerque International Sunport to Santa Fe, NM - Municipal Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $100–120
- Website
- Taos Rides
- Schedules at
- Taos Rides
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Chicago Union Station to Grand Rapids Vernon J. Ehlers Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- Indian Trails
Bus from Grand Rapids to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- Indian Trails
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 866 488 4452
- [email protected]
- Website
- Megabus
Bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to St-Antoine O. @ Rue Mansfield // St Antoine W. @ Mansfield St.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–110
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $10–60
- Adult Standard
- $75–110
- Phone
- +1 877-762-7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northumberland Ferries
Car ferry from Saint John, NB to Digby
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $36–65
- Website
- Northumberland Ferries
- Adult
- $45–65
- Adult Round-trip 14-59 years
- $36
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