There are 10 ways to get from Durham to Nantucket by plane, bus, ferry, train, or car
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Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK)plane RDU - ACK
6h 27m$96–555Bus, ferry via Boston
- Take the bus from Durham to New York Midtownbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Bostonbus
- Take the bus from Boston South Station to Hyannis Transportation Centerbus
- Take the ferry from Ocean Street Terminal, Hyannis, MA to Straight Wharf, Nantucket, MAferry
20h 11m$159–301Train, bus, ferry via New York
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Bostontrain
- Take the bus from Boston South Station to Hyannis Transportation Centerbus
- Take the ferry from Ocean Street Terminal, Hyannis, MA to Straight Wharf, Nantucket, MAferry
20h 27m$186–1,129Drive, ferry
- Drive from Durham to Hyannis, MAcar
- Take the ferry from Hyannis, MA to Nantucketferry High-speed ferry to Hyannis
14h 24m$140–241Train to Piedmont Triad International Airport, fly to Nantucket Memorial Airport
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Greensborotrain
- Fly from Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK)plane GSO - ACK
9h 21m$138–721Bus to Richmond International Airport, fly to Nantucket Memorial Airport
- Take the bus from Durham to Richmondbus
- Fly from Richmond International Airport (RIC) to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK)plane RIC - ACK
9h 16m$112–570Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane RDU - BOS
- Take the bus from Logan International Airport to Hyannis Transportation Centerbus
- Take the ferry from Ocean Street Terminal, Hyannis, MA to Straight Wharf, Nantucket, MAferry
9h 3m$197–532Train to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly to Nantucket Memorial Airport
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Alexandriatrain
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK)plane DCA - ACK
9h 51m$183–1,041Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Petersburg Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Bostontrain
- Take the bus from Boston South Buses to Hyannis Transportation Centerbus
- Take the ferry from Ocean Street Terminal, Hyannis, MA to Straight Wharf, Nantucket, MAferry
21h 10m$181–665Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Durham to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Peter Pan Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Providence Bus Terminal to New Bedfordbus
- Take the ferry from New Bedford, MA to Nantucket, MAferry
22h 56m$117–355
Durham to Nantucket by bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Durham to Nantucket is to drive and ferry which costs $140 - $250 and takes 14h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Durham to Nantucket is to fly which takes 6h 27m and costs $95 - $600.
The distance between Durham and Nantucket is 621 miles.
The best way to get from Durham to Nantucket without a car is to bus and ferry via Boston which takes 20h 11m and costs $150 - $310.
It takes approximately 6h 27m to get from Durham to Nantucket, including transfers.
There are 33+ hotels available in Nantucket.
What companies run services between Durham, NC, USA and Nantucket, MA, USA?
JetBlue Airways, Cape Air, and two other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) every 4 hours.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–500
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–500
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–460
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–850
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–500
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–850
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–500
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–470
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–460
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–290
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Greensboro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–13
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Alexandria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–190
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–95
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $27–50
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $25–95
- Business - advance purchase
- $30–170
- Business Class
- $55–240
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–360
Train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–490
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $80–490
- Business Class
- $190–600
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Durham to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–160
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Durham to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- peterpanbus.com
Bus from Boston South Station to Hyannis Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–40
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
- Adult
- $10–40
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Peter Pan Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
- Adult
- $25–55
Bus from Providence Bus Terminal to New Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–33
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
- Adult
- $4–30
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Durham to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–70
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Durham to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–180
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (508) 746-0378
- info@p-b.com
- Website
- p-b.com
Bus from Logan International Airport to Hyannis Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- https://www.p-b.com
- One Way - Adult
- $28–40
Bus from Boston South Buses to Hyannis Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Website
- https://www.p-b.com
- One Way - Adult
- $27–35
- Phone
- +1 800.492.8082
- Website
- hylinecruises.com
Ferry from Ocean Street Terminal, Hyannis, MA to Straight Wharf, Nantucket, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $49
- Schedules at
- hylinecruises.com
- Phone
- +1 (508) 477-8600
- Website
- steamshipauthority.com
Ferry from Hyannis, MA to Nantucket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–50
- Schedules at
- steamshipauthority.com
- Phone
- +1 800-262-8743
- contact@seastreak.com
- Website
- seastreak.com
Ferry from New Bedford, MA to Nantucket, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–90
- Website
- https://seastreak.com
- Schedules at
- https://seastreak.com/ferry-routes-and-schedules/
- NJ/Martha's Vineyard/Nantucket/ Adult
- $105–115
- Newport/Providence Adult
- $23–28
- Adult
- $55–90
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