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Houston to New Orleans

2 operators run this water, from 1 h 06 to 1 h 07 — a difference of 1 min on the same crossing.

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 HOU → MSY 486 km non-stop 733 735 73C in the air 2 h 36 est. rate not held 439 km/h average
Air Canada, Lufthansa Cargo IAH → MSY 490 km non-stop 319 320 738 in the air 2 h 37 est. rate not held 441 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
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
Tampa – New Orleans 1 h 29 AirTran Airways

And other ways to reach Houston

Telkwa – Houston 44 min VIA Rail
Lake Charles – Houston 45 min United Airlines
Victoria – Houston 45 min Pacific Wings
Austin – Houston 47 min AirTran Airways, United Airlines
Alexandria – Houston 53 min United Airlines
Corpus Christi – Houston 53 min AirTran Airways, United Airlines
San Antonio – Houston 53 min AirTran Airways, United Airlines
Shreveport – Houston 53 min United Airlines
Lafayette – Houston 54 min United Airlines
Dallas-Fort Worth – Houston 57 min American Airlines

Where else these quays go

Also from Houston

Acapulco · Aguascalientes · Albuquerque · Alexandria · Amarillo · Amsterdam · Atlanta · Austin · Baltimore · Baton Rouge · Beaumont Amtrak · Belize City · Birmingham · Bogota

Also from New Orleans

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

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Houston–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. The choice between AirTran Airways at 1 h 06 and Air Canada at 1 h 07 is mostly a price decision, and we hold no prices for either.

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