There are 9 ways to get from Oakland to New Orleans by plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), subway, bus, train, car, shuttle, or train (Amtrak)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)plane SFO - MSY
7h 11m$212–566BART to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the subway from 12th Street / Oakland City Center to Milpitassubway
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)plane SJC - MSY
9h 29m$161–715Bus
- Take the bus from Oakland to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Dallas Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dallas Bus Station to New Orleans Bus Stationbus
2d 1h$372–608BART, bus, train
- Take the subway from 12th Street / Oakland City Center to Berryessa / North San Josesubway
- Take the bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to Tucsonbus
- Take the train from Tucson Amtrak Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain
2d 9h$909–1,465Drive 2,194.2 mi
- Drive from Oakland to New Orleanscar 2,194.2 mi
36h 39m$401–579Fly from Oakland International Airport
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)plane OAK - MSY
8h 12m$376–559Train to Sacramento International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Oakland to Sacramentotrain
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)plane SMF - MSY
10h 39m$202–783Shuttle to Sonoma County Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from San Francisco Pier 27 to Santa Rosa Airport
- Fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)plane STS - MSY
11h 6m$361–774Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Oakland to Los Angelestrain Coast Starlight
- Take the train from Los Angeles to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain Sunset Limited
2d 10h$1,356–2,093
Oakland to New Orleans by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Oakland to New Orleans is to BART and fly which costs $160 - $750 and takes 9h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Oakland to New Orleans is to fly which takes 7h 11m and costs $210 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Oakland to New Orleans station. However, there are services departing from Oakland and arriving at New Orleans Bus Station via Los Angeles Union Station and Dallas Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
No, there is no direct train from Oakland to New Orleans. However, there are services departing from Oakland and arriving at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal via Los Angeles. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 10h.
The distance between Oakland and New Orleans is 1956 miles. The road distance is 2207 miles.
The best way to get from Oakland to New Orleans without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 1h and costs $370 - $650.
It takes approximately 7h 11m to get from Oakland to New Orleans, including transfers.
Oakland to New Orleans bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Oakland station.
Oakland to New Orleans train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Oakland station.
The best way to get from Oakland to New Orleans is to fly which takes 7h 11m and costs $210 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $370 - $650 and takes 2 days 1h, you could also train, which costs $1,300 - $2,100 and takes 2 days 10h.
What companies run services between Oakland, CA, USA and New Orleans, LA, USA?
United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and American Airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Oakland to New Orleans Bus Station via Los Angeles Union Station and Dallas Bus Station in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from 12th Street / Oakland City Center to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- BART
Subway from 12th Street / Oakland City Center to Milpitas
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- BART
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Tucson Amtrak Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $800–1,300
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Oakland to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Oakland to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $250–400
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $1,100–1,700
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Oakland to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Dallas Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $230–370
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Dallas Bus Station to New Orleans Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Oakland to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- Tufesa
Bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–180
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $140–180
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $100–150
- Titanium
- $116–119
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- Groome Transportation
Shuttle from San Francisco Pier 27 to Santa Rosa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25–65
- Website
- Groome Transportation
- First Passenger
- $25–65
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Oakland to New Orleans bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
New Orleans is 2h ahead of Oakland. It is currently 16:47 in Oakland and 18:47 in New Orleans.
Oakland to New Orleans train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Los Angeles station.
Yes, the driving distance between Oakland to New Orleans is 2207 miles. It takes approximately 36h 39m to drive from Oakland to New Orleans.
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