Route · US

Washington to New Orleans

1 operator run this water, from 2 h 27.

Getting from Washington to New Orleans

Somewhere to stay in New Orleans partner Left luggage in New Orleans Everywhere from Washington Everywhere from New Orleans

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.

American Airlines, US Airways DCA → MSY 1559 km non-stop 319 E70 E75 in the air 3 h 57 est. rate not held 637 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 Washington

Philadelphia – Washington 44 min American Airlines

Norfolk – Washington 47 min American Airlines

Newark – Washington 54 min United Airlines

Pittsburgh – Washington 55 min American Airlines

New York – Washington 56 min American Airlines

Raleigh/Durham – Washington 57 min American Airlines

White Plains – Washington 58 min American Airlines

Charleston – Washington 1 h 00 American Airlines

Greensboro – Washington 1 h 00 American Airlines

Akron – Washington 1 h 03 American Airlines

Where else these quays go

Also from Washington

Akron · Albany · Atlanta · Augusta · Austin · Bangor · Birmingham · Boston · Buffalo · Burlington · Charleston · Charlotte · Chattanooga · Chicago

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 Washington–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.