Sahid Hotel, Surabaya

George Town to Surabaya

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from George Town to Surabaya. From €165.93, fastest 6h 9m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

George Town to Surabaya runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:20 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €165.93 and €217.26, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 9m over 2,029 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€165.93 to €217.26

  • 149%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving George Town

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:20First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €385.41Wed16
  2. about €477.45Thu17
  3. about €400.75Fri18
  4. about €341.16Sat19
  5. about €305.17Sun20
  6. about €267.41Mon21
  7. about €262.69Tue22
  8. about €264.46Wed23
  9. about €280.39Thu24
  10. about €257.38Fri25
  11. about €271.54Sat26
  12. about €241.45Sun27
  13. about €217.26Mon28
  14. about €242.63Tue29
  15. about €193.66Wed30
  16. about €232.60Thu1
  17. about €206.05Fri2
  18. about €202.51Sat3
  19. about €181.27Sun4
  20. about €183.04Mon5
  21. about €165.93Tue6

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Surabaya. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Surabaya for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Surabaya Kota railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book George Town to Surabaya

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

  1. €170.6590 days
  2. €161.2160 days
  3. €177.1445 days
  4. €203.6930 days
  5. €165.9321 days
  6. €242.6314 days
  7. €262.697 days
  8. €400.753 days
  9. €385.411 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €161.21.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 149 percent. The dearest point is €400.75, 3 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.
€400.75€161.211371421304560

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to George Town to Surabaya and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

2,029 km

1,970 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

158,3363,018,022

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

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

George TownGeorge TownSurabayaSurabaya
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,029 km against 1,970 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Johor Bahru. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Surabaya is large, and the road in from SUB can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Surabaya

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

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

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 Surabaya Kota railway station

Most of the points near Surabaya Kota railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about George Town to Surabaya

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 George Town to Surabaya?

The fastest journey from George Town to Surabaya takes 6h 9m door to door, of which 3h 7m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 17m, 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 George Town to Surabaya?

The cheapest fare from George Town to Surabaya is €165.93, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €264.46. 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 George Town to Surabaya?

The cheapest way from George Town to Surabaya is by flight, at €217.26 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 17m 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 George Town to Surabaya?

Fares from George Town to Surabaya bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €161.21. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 149 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for George Town to Surabaya?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from George Town to Surabaya, at €217.26. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for George Town to Surabaya?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from George Town to Surabaya, at €141.15 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 George Town to Surabaya?

1 operators sell services from George Town to Surabaya across 1 mode: Indonesia AirAsia. 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 George Town to Surabaya?

20 percent of the services we sell from George Town to Surabaya are direct. The rest connect at Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Johor Bahru, with about 52 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 George Town to Surabaya use?

Services from George Town to Surabaya by flight leave from George Town PEN and arrive at Surabaya SUB. 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 George Town to Surabaya?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from George Town to Surabaya 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for George Town to Surabaya on 15 September 2026: 2029 km of route against 1970 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €165.93, and 6h 9m 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 Surabaya a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Surabaya and across Indonesia

Day trips that leave Surabaya in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

George Town reaches 35 places in 12 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 5,639 km. Surabaya reaches 89 places in 8 countries, from 42 to 8,662 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving George Town

  • 35Places you can leave for
  • 12Countries
  • 23Operators

Arriving in Surabaya

Leaving Surabaya

  • 89Places you can leave for
  • 8Countries
  • 23Operators

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