There are 5 ways to get from Nantucket to Charleston by plane, ferry, bus, train, car ferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Nantucket Memorial Airport to Charleston International Airport
best- Fly from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to Charleston International Airport (CHS)plane ACK - CHS
7h 8m$103–494Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Nantucket, MA to New Bedford, MAferry
- Take the bus from New Bedford to Providencebus
- Take the train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Charleston Amtrak Stationtrain
25h 21mFerry, car ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Nantucket, MA to Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyardferry
- Take the car ferry from Martha's Vineyard to Woods Holecarferry
- Drive from Woods Hole to Charlestoncar
20h 59m$198–503Fly Nantucket Memorial Airport to Hilton Head Airport, drive
- Fly from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to Hilton Head Airport (HHH)plane ACK - HHH
- Drive from Hilton Head Airport (HHH) to Charlestoncar
21h 2m$114–489Ferry, bus to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Charleston International Airport
- Take the ferry from Straight Wharf, Nantucket, MA to Ocean Street Terminal, Hyannis, MAferry
- Take the bus from Hyannis Transportation Center to Logan International Airportbus
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Charleston International Airport (CHS)plane BOS - CHS
9h 41m$660–1,043
Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to Charleston International Airport (CHS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nantucket to Charleston is to fly which costs $100 - $500 and takes 7h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Nantucket to Charleston is to fly which takes 7h 8m and costs $100 - $500.
The distance between Nantucket and Charleston is 818 miles.
The best way to get from Nantucket to Charleston without a car is to ferry and bus and train which takes 25h 21m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 8m to get from Nantucket to Charleston, including transfers.
There are 1637+ hotels available in Charleston.
What companies run services between Nantucket, MA, USA and Charleston, SC, USA?
Cape Air, JetBlue Airways, and three other airlines fly from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to Charleston International Airport (CHS) every 3 hours.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Charleston International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Charleston International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Charleston International Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Hilton Head Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–470
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Hilton Head Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 59m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Charleston International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–450
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Charleston International Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Charleston International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Hilton Head Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–470
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Charleston International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–440
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Charleston International Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Charleston International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Charleston International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–440
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Charleston International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Hilton Head Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–470
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Charleston International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–450
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Charleston International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $90–450
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Charleston Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $230–480
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–700
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $40–480
- First Class
- $180–700
- Website
- example.com
Bus from New Bedford to Providence
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- example.com
- Phone
- +1 (508) 746-0378
- [email protected]
- Website
- p-b.com
Bus from Hyannis Transportation Center to Logan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- https://www.p-b.com/
- One Way - Adult
- $28–40
- Phone
- +1 800-262-8743
- [email protected]
- Website
- seastreak.com
Ferry from Nantucket, MA to New Bedford, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–90
- Website
- https://seastreak.com
- Schedules at
- https://seastreak.com/ferry-routes-and-schedules/
- NJ/Martha's Vineyard/Nantucket/ Adult
- $105–115
- Newport/Providence Adult
- $23–28
- Adult
- $55–90
Ferry from Nantucket, MA to Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–75
- Website
- https://seastreak.com
- Schedules at
- https://seastreak.com/ferry-routes-and-schedules/
- NJ/Martha's Vineyard/Nantucket/ Adult
- $103–108
- Newport/Providence Adult
- $20–24
- Adult
- $45–75
- Phone
- +1 (508) 477-8600
- Website
- steamshipauthority.com
Car ferry from Martha's Vineyard to Woods Hole
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–170
- Schedules at
- steamshipauthority.com
- Passenger
- $11
- Passenger Automobiles
- $70–170
- Phone
- +1 800.492.8082
- Website
- hylinecruises.com
Ferry from Straight Wharf, Nantucket, MA to Ocean Street Terminal, Hyannis, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–49
- Schedules at
- hylinecruises.com
- Child 5-12
- $26–31
- Adult
- $43–48
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