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Austin to New Orleans

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 23.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

AirTran Airways, American Airlines AUS → MSY 713 km non-stop 735 73C 73W in the air 2 h 53 est. rate not held 512 km/h average

Other ways to reach New Orleans

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach New Orleans without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Bay St Louis – New Orleans 22 min Amtrak
Slidell Amtrak Station – New Orleans 50 min Amtrak
Hammond Amtrak Station – New Orleans 1 h 06 Amtrak
Houston – New Orleans 1 h 06 Air Canada, AirTran Airways
Memphis – New Orleans 1 h 12 Delta Air Lines
Atlanta – New Orleans 1 h 21 AeroMéxico
Dallas – New Orleans 1 h 23 AirTran Airways
Dallas-Fort Worth – New Orleans 1 h 24 American Airlines
Nashville – New Orleans 1 h 27 Southwest Airlines
Tampa – New Orleans 1 h 29 AirTran Airways

And other ways to reach Austin

San Marcos Amtrak – Austin 46 min Amtrak
Houston – Austin 47 min AirTran Airways, United Airlines
Taylor Amtrak – Austin 51 min Amtrak
Dallas – Austin 53 min AirTran Airways
Dallas-Fort Worth – Austin 53 min AirTran Airways
Harlingen – Austin 1 h 03 AirTran Airways
Lubbock – Austin 1 h 11 Southwest Airlines
El Paso – Austin 1 h 34 AirTran Airways
Memphis – Austin 1 h 37 Delta Air Lines
Mexico City – Austin 2 h 00 Aeromar

Where else these quays go

Also from Austin

Atlanta · Baltimore · Boston · Cancún · Charlotte · Chicago · Cleveland · Dallas · Dallas-Fort Worth · Denver · Detroit · Dulles · El Paso · Fort Lauderdale

Also from New Orleans

Alton Amtrak Station · Atlanta · Baltimore · Barcelona · Bay St Louis · Boston · Charlotte · Chicago · Cincinnati / Covington · Dallas · Dallas-Fort Worth · Denver · Detroit · Dulles

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Austin–New Orleans crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.