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Butuan to Puerto Princesa City

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City. From €80.97, fastest 5h 49m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Butuan to Puerto Princesa City runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €80.97, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 49m over 830 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 24 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €80.97, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026

€80.97

  • 196%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Butuan

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €213.13Fri25
  2. about €193.07Sat26
  3. about €135.84Sun27
  4. about €132.30Mon28
  5. about €129.35Tue29
  6. about €124.63Wed30
  7. about €137.61Thu1
  8. about €108.11Fri2
  9. about €108.11Sat3
  10. about €98.67Sun4
  11. about €109.88Mon5
  12. about €97.49Tue6
  13. about €103.98Wed7
  14. about €118.73Thu8
  15. about €96.90Fri9
  16. about €108.11Sat10
  17. about €97.49Sun11
  18. about €80.97Mon12
  19. about €81.56Tue13
  20. about €91.00Wed14
  21. about €98.08Thu15

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Puerto Princesa City. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Puerto Princesa City for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from D' Christ and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Butuan to Puerto Princesa City

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €93.9590 days
  2. €72.1260 days
  3. €79.2045 days
  4. €86.8730 days
  5. €98.0821 days
  6. €118.7314 days
  7. €137.617 days
  8. €135.843 days
  9. €213.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €72.12.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 196 percent. The dearest point is €213.13, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€213.13€72.12137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Butuan to Puerto Princesa City and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

830 km

752 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

309,709222,673

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

PhilippinesSouth China SeaDavao CityDavao CityBudtaBudtaZamboanga CityZamboanga CityCebu CityCebu CityCagayan de OroCagayan de OroGeneral SantosGeneral SantosIloilo CityIloilo CityMantampayMantampayTacloban CityTacloban CityOrmoc CityOrmoc CityToledo CityToledo CityPagadianPagadianKoronadalKoronadalRoxas CityRoxas CitySan JoseSan JoseCatbaloganCatbaloganButuanButuanPuerto PrincesaPuerto PrincesaMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 830 km against 752 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Lapu-Lapu City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

The fare from PPS into Puerto Princesa City is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Puerto Princesa City

Settled in advance, so the ride into Puerto Princesa City costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near D' Christ

Most of the points near D' Christ open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Butuan to Puerto Princesa City

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City?

The fastest journey from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City takes 5h 49m door to door, of which 1h 58m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 53m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City?

The cheapest fare from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City is €80.97, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €108.11. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City?

The cheapest way from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City is by flight, at €80.97 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 53m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Butuan to Puerto Princesa City?

Fares from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €72.12. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 196 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Butuan to Puerto Princesa City?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City, at €97.49. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 24 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Butuan to Puerto Princesa City?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City, at €73.30 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City?

1 operators sell services from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City across 1 mode: Air Philippines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City?

0 percent of the services we sell from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City are direct. The rest connect at Lapu-Lapu City, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City use?

Services from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City by flight leave from Bancasi Airport BXU and arrive at Puerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base PPS. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Butuan to Puerto Princesa City allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Butuan to Puerto Princesa City on 24 September 2026: 830 km of route against 752 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €80.97, and 5h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Puerto Princesa City a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Puerto Princesa City and across Philippines

Day trips that leave Puerto Princesa City in the morning and cover a good part of Philippines by evening.

Partner links. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Butuan reaches 27 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 49 to 11,873 km. Puerto Princesa City reaches 21 places in 5 countries, from 146 to 3,580 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Butuan

  • 27Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 7Operators

Arriving in Puerto Princesa City

Leaving Puerto Princesa City

  • 21Places you can leave for
  • 5Countries
  • 6Operators

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