There are 10 ways to get from New Orleans to Cape May by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound), train, car, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Philadelphia International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane MSY - PHL
- Take the bus from Market St At 16Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Streetbus
9h 6m$196–846Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane MSY - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Streetbus
10h 22m$128–1,494Bus
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Market St 125'W Of 10Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Streetbus 316 / ...
30h 52m$240–389Train, bus
- Take the train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to 30th Street Stationtrain Crescent
- Take the bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Streetbus 316
34h 28m$721–1,128Drive 1,253.4 mi
- Drive from New Orleans to Cape Maycar 1,253.4 mi
21h 45m$222–320Fly to Laguardia Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane MSY - LGA
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Streetbus
10h 47m$237–1,118Fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane MSY - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Streetbus
10h 45m$898–1,661Fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane MSY - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Streetbus
10h 28m$258–1,169Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane MSY - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Streetbus
10h 48m$364–1,112Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train, bus
- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane MSY - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Metro Center, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Streetbus
11h 11m$228–918
New Orleans to Cape May by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from New Orleans to Cape May is to drive which costs $220 - $320 and takes 21h 45m.
The fastest way to get from New Orleans to Cape May is to fly and bus which takes 9h 6m and costs $190 - $850.
No, there is no direct bus from New Orleans station to Cape May. However, there are services departing from New Orleans Bus Station and arriving at Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Street via Atlanta Bus Station and Market St 125'W Of 10Th St. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 52m.
The distance between New Orleans and Cape May is 1213 miles. The road distance is 1260.7 miles.
The best way to get from New Orleans to Cape May without a car is to bus which takes 30h 52m and costs $240 - $390.
It takes approximately 9h 6m to get from New Orleans to Cape May, including transfers.
New Orleans to Cape May bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from New Orleans Bus Station.
New Orleans to Cape May bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Atlanta Bus Station.
Cape May is 1h ahead of New Orleans. It is currently 11:12 PM in New Orleans and 12:12 AM in Cape May.
Yes, the driving distance between New Orleans to Cape May is 1261 miles. It takes approximately 21h 45m to drive from New Orleans to Cape May.
What companies run services between New Orleans, LA, USA and Cape May, NJ, USA?
You can take a bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Street via Atlanta Bus Station, Philadelphia Bus Station, and Market St 125'W Of 10Th St in around 30h 52m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,000
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Raleigh/Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–310
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,100
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $24–460
- First Class
- $140–650
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Metro Center, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
Bus from Market St At 16Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adults
- $12–40
Bus from Market St 125'W Of 10Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adults
- $12–40
Bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adults
- $12–40
Bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adults
- $12–40
Bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adults
- $12–40
Bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adults
- $12–40
Bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adults
- $12–40
Bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adults
- $12–40
Bus from Market St At 30Th St to Cape May Welcome Ctr - Lafayette Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adults
- $12–40
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Website
- Greyhound
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