There are 8 ways to get from Rhode Island to Louisiana by plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
best- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)plane PVD - MSY
6h 42m$162–807Fly Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Lafayette Regional Airport
cheapest- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT)plane PVD - LFT
6h 56m$143–620Bus
- Take the bus from Providence to New York Midtownbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Atlanta Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to New Orleans Bus Stationbus
32h 55m$242–380Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain Northeast Regional
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain Crescent
36h 33m$793–1,878Drive 1,474.5 mi
- Drive from Providence to New Orleanscar 1,474.5 mi
25h 9m$270–389Train to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Take the train from Providence to Back Baytrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)plane BOS - MSY
6h 28m$447–1,515Train, train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Take the train from Providence to Stamford Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Stamford to 125th Street - Harlemtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)plane LGA - MSY
8h 30m$198–1,223Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Take the train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)plane JFK - MSY
8h 17m$517–1,797
Rhode Island to Louisiana by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rhode Island to Louisiana is to bus which costs $240 - $380 and takes 32h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Rhode Island to Louisiana is to train and fly which takes 6h 28m and costs $440 - $1,600.
No, there is no direct bus from Rhode Island to Louisiana station. However, there are services departing from Providence and arriving at New Orleans Bus Station via New York Midtown and Atlanta Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Rhode Island to Louisiana. However, there are services departing from Providence and arriving at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 33m.
The distance between Rhode Island and Louisiana is 1342 miles. The road distance is 1483.1 miles.
The best way to get from Rhode Island to Louisiana without a car is to bus which takes 32h 55m and costs $240 - $380.
It takes approximately 6h 42m to get from Rhode Island to Louisiana, including transfers.
Rhode Island to Louisiana bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Providence station.
Rhode Island to Louisiana train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Providence station.
The best way to get from Rhode Island to Louisiana is to fly which takes 6h 42m and costs $160 - $850. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $240 - $380 and takes 32h 55m, you could also train, which costs $750 - $1,900 and takes 36h 33m.
What companies run services between Rhode Island, USA and Louisiana, USA?
Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways, and two other airlines fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Providence to New Orleans Bus Station via New York Midtown and Atlanta Bus Station in around 32h 55m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Lafayette Regional Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Lafayette Regional Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,500
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Raleigh/Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,500
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,200
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Providence to Back Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Providence to Stamford Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
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
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $40–480
- First Class
- $180–700
Train from Providence to Back Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $9–440
- First Class
- $100–600
Train from Providence to Stamford Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $35–470
- First Class
- $160–650
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
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $40–480
- First Class
- $180–700
Train from Providence to Back Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $7–14
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
Train from Stamford to 125th Street - Harlem
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
- Schedules at
- Metro North Railroad Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $10–12
- Peak
- $14–17
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Providence to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from New York Midtown to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to New Orleans Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- Greyhound
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Booking & Getting There
Rhode Island to Louisiana bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at New York Midtown station.
Louisiana is 1h behind Rhode Island. It is currently 10:07 PM in Rhode Island and 9:07 PM in Louisiana.
Rhode Island to Louisiana train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rhode Island to Louisiana is 1483 miles. It takes approximately 25h 9m to drive from Rhode Island to Louisiana.
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