There are 9 ways to get from Richmond to Albuquerque by plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train (Amtrak), car, shuttle, bus, train, 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 Richmond International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport
best- Fly from Richmond International Airport (RIC) to Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ)plane RIC - ABQ
8h 40m$220–951Bus, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Albuquerque International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Richmond to Washington Union Stationbus
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ)plane IAD - ABQ
9h 24m$200–838Bus
- Take the bus from Richmond to Washington Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Pittsburgh Intermodal Stationbus
- Take the bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Albuquerque Bus Stationbus
44h 25m$301–591Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain Floridian
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Centertrain Southwest Chief
2d$700–1,500Drive 1,811.5 mi
- Drive from Richmond to Albuquerquecar 1,811.5 mi
29h 15m$331–478Fly Richmond International Airport to Santa Fe Municipal Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Richmond International Airport (RIC) to Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF)plane RIC - SAF
- Take a shuttle bus from Santa Fe, NM - Municipal Airport to Albuquerque International Sunport
9h 30m$245–835Bus to Charlottesville, fly to Albuquerque International Airport
- Take the bus from Richmond to Charlottesvillebus
- Fly from Charlottesville (CHO) to Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ)plane CHO - ABQ
9h 54m$232–860Bus to Norfolk International Airport, fly to Albuquerque International Airport
- Take the bus from Richmond to Norfolkbus
- Fly from Norfolk International Airport (ORF) to Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ)plane ORF - ABQ
10h 6m$232–897Bus, train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Albuquerque International Airport
- Take the bus from Richmond to Washington Union Stationbus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ)plane BWI - ABQ
8h 49m$238–1,532
Richmond to Albuquerque by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Richmond to Albuquerque is to bus which costs $300 - $600 and takes 44h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Richmond to Albuquerque is to fly which takes 8h 40m and costs $220 - $950.
No, there is no direct bus from Richmond to Albuquerque station. However, there are services departing from Richmond and arriving at Albuquerque Bus Station via Washington Union Station, Pittsburgh Intermodal Station and St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Richmond station to Albuquerque. However, there are services departing from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station and arriving at Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center via Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Richmond and Albuquerque is 1659 miles. The road distance is 1822.1 miles.
The best way to get from Richmond to Albuquerque without a car is to bus which takes 44h 25m and costs $300 - $600.
It takes approximately 8h 40m to get from Richmond to Albuquerque, including transfers.
Richmond to Albuquerque bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Richmond station.
Richmond to Albuquerque train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from Richmond to Albuquerque is to fly which takes 8h 40m and costs $220 - $950. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $300 - $600 and takes 44h 25m, you could also train, which costs $700 - $1,500 and takes 2 days 0h.
What companies run services between Richmond, VA, USA and Albuquerque, NM, USA?
Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Richmond International Airport (RIC) to Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Richmond to Albuquerque Bus Station via Washington Union Station, Pittsburgh Intermodal Station, and St Louis Bus Station in around 44h 25m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Santa Fe Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Charlottesville to Albuquerque International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Charlottesville to Albuquerque International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Charlottesville to Albuquerque International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Santa Fe Municipal Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Santa Fe Municipal Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Charlottesville to Albuquerque International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Albuquerque International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $280–600
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $420–900
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Washington Union Station to Pittsburgh Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $90–180
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Albuquerque Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $160–310
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Washington Union Station to Pittsburgh Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Charlottesville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–25
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1-575-613-3256
- [email protected]
- Website
- Taos Rides
Shuttle from Santa Fe, NM - Municipal Airport to Albuquerque International Sunport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $75–85
- Website
- Taos Rides
- Schedules at
- Taos Rides
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More Questions & Answers
Richmond to Albuquerque bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Washington Union Station.
Albuquerque is 2h behind Richmond. It is currently 7:41 AM in Richmond and 5:41 AM in Albuquerque.
Richmond to Albuquerque train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Richmond to Albuquerque is 1822 miles. It takes approximately 29h 15m to drive from Richmond to Albuquerque.
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