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Austin to Oakland

1 operator run this water, from 3 h 30.

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, Southwest Airlines AUS → OAK 2405 km non-stop 73W in the air 5 h 00 est. rate not held 686 km/h average

Other ways to reach Oakland

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

Emeryville – Oakland 8 min Amtrak, Gold Runner
Hayward Amtrak – Oakland 8 min Amtrak
San Jose – Oakland 1 h 05 Amtrak
Burbank – Oakland 1 h 09 Southwest Airlines
Los Angeles – Oakland 1 h 11 AirTran Airways
Long Beach – Oakland 1 h 13 JetBlue Airways
Ontario – Oakland 1 h 14 Southwest Airlines
Santa Ana – Oakland 1 h 15 AirTran Airways
Las Vegas – Oakland 1 h 19 AirTran Airways
Eugene – Oakland 1 h 24 Allegiant Air

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
New Orleans – Austin 1 h 23 AirTran Airways
El Paso – Austin 1 h 34 AirTran Airways
Memphis – Austin 1 h 37 Delta Air Lines

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 Oakland

Albuquerque · Boise · Burbank · Chicago · Denver · Emeryville · Eugene · Guadalajara · Hayward Amtrak · Honolulu, Oahu · Houston · Kahului · Kailua-Kona · Las Vegas

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Austin–Oakland 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.