There are 6 ways to get from New Orleans to Nantucket by plane, bus, ferry, train, car, 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 to Nantucket Memorial Airport
best- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK)plane MSY - ACK
7h 32m$203–904Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to New York Midtownbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Providence Downtownbus
- Take the ferry from Quonset Point Pier, Quonset Point, RI to Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MAferry
- Take the ferry from Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA to Nantucket, Massachusettsferry
37h 21m$417–702Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Providencetrain
- Take the bus from Providence Bus Terminal to New Bedfordbus
- Take the ferry from New Bedford, MA to Nantucket, MAferry
41h 18m$550–1,169Drive, car ferry, ferry
- Drive from New Orleans to Woods Holecar
- Take the car ferry from Woods Hole to Martha's Vineyardcarferry
- Take the ferry from Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard to Nantucket, MAferry
29h 19m$309–651Fly to Martha'S Vineyard Airport, ferry
- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Martha'S Vineyard Airport (MVY)plane MSY - MVY
- Take the ferry from Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA to Nantucket, Massachusettsferry
9h 47m$229–955Fly to Barnstable Municipal Airport, ferry
- Fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA)plane MSY - HYA
- Take the ferry from Hyannis, MA to Nantucketferry
10h 35m$203–905
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from New Orleans to Nantucket is to drive and car ferry and ferry which costs $300 - $650 and takes 29h 19m.
The fastest way to get from New Orleans to Nantucket is to fly which takes 7h 32m and costs $200 - $950.
The distance between New Orleans and Nantucket is 1393 miles.
The best way to get from New Orleans to Nantucket without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 37h 21m and costs $410 - $700.
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from New Orleans to Nantucket, including transfers.
Nantucket is 1h ahead of New Orleans. It is currently 12:49 PM in New Orleans and 1:49 PM in Nantucket.
There are 40+ hotels available in Nantucket.
What companies run services between New Orleans, LA, USA and Nantucket, MA, USA?
American Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and three other airlines fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) 4 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Martha'S Vineyard Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Martha'S Vineyard Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Martha'S Vineyard Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Barnstable Municipal Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Martha'S Vineyard Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Martha'S Vineyard Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- capeair.com
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Martha'S Vineyard Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $450–950
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Providence
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- 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 Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Providence
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–240
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- peterpanbus.com
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Providence Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
Bus from Providence Bus Terminal to New Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–35
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
- Phone
- +1 401-295-4040
- [email protected]
- Website
- vineyardfastferry.com
Ferry from Quonset Point Pier, Quonset Point, RI to Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–90
- Schedules at
- vineyardfastferry.com
- Infants 0-2
- $30–45
- Children 3-11
- $60–75
- Seniors 60+
- $65–85
- Adult 12-59
- $75–90
- Phone
- +1 800.492.8082
- Website
- hylinecruises.com
Ferry from Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA to Nantucket, Massachusetts
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–47
- Schedules at
- hylinecruises.com
- Child 5-12
- $26–31
- Adult
- $42–47
Ferry from Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA to Nantucket, Massachusetts
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–47
- Schedules at
- hylinecruises.com
- Child 5-12
- $26–31
- Adult
- $42–47
- Phone
- +1 800-262-8743
- [email protected]
- Website
- seastreak.com
Ferry from New Bedford, MA to Nantucket, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- 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 Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard to Nantucket, MA
- 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 Woods Hole to Martha's Vineyard
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–170
- Schedules at
- steamshipauthority.com
- Passenger
- $11
- Passenger Automobiles
- $70–170
Ferry from Hyannis, MA to Nantucket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–50
- Schedules at
- steamshipauthority.com
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