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Detroit to New Orleans

1 operator run this water, from 2 h 22.

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.

Air France, Delta Air Lines DTW → MSY 1492 km non-stop 319 CR7 CR9 in the air 3 h 52 est. rate not held 631 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
Austin – New Orleans 1 h 23 AirTran Airways
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

And other ways to reach Detroit

Dearborn – Detroit 16 min Amtrak
Royal Oak Amtrak – Detroit 20 min Amtrak
Lansing – Detroit 39 min Delta Air Lines
Cleveland – Detroit 41 min Delta Air Lines
Freeland – Detroit 42 min Delta Air Lines
Grand Rapids – Detroit 44 min Delta Air Lines
Kalamazoo – Detroit 44 min Delta Air Lines
Fort Wayne – Detroit 45 min Delta Air Lines
Columbus – Detroit 49 min Delta Air Lines
South Bend – Detroit 49 min Delta Air Lines

Where else these quays go

Also from Detroit

Albany · Alpena · Amsterdam · Appleton · Atlanta · Austin · Baltimore · Bangor · Binghamton · Birmingham · Boston · Buffalo · Burlington · Cancún

Also from New Orleans

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

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Detroit–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.