Lodja to Kinshasa

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Lodja to Kinshasa. From €92.18, fastest 4h 47m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Travelling from Lodja to Kinshasa costs €92.18 at the cheapest and takes 4h 47m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 951 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.

Checked 12 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
951 km
Fastest
4h 47m
Average
4h 53m
Services per day
1
Cheapest
€92.18
CO2 per passenger
233.9 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 29 September 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 51m1h 41m3h 10m€102.80233.9 kg1
  • 4h 51mFastest, by Flight
  • €102.80Cheapest, by Flight
  • 233.9 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 951 kmDistance travelled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€92.18
  1. Baikotovitchestrian Airlines BA954606:321h 41m08:13Lodja LJAKinshasa FIH

Door to door 4h 51mCO2 233.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.

Checking the live timetables.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Lodja to Kinshasa
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Lodja to KinshasaSun13 SeptMon14 SeptTue15 SeptWed16 SeptThu17 SeptFri18 SeptSat19 SeptSun20 SeptMon21 SeptTue22 SeptWed23 SeptThu24 SeptFri25 SeptSat26 Sept
Flight€253.25€205.46€197.20€174.78€154.72€194.25€158.85€140.56€102.80€117.55€124.04€158.26€134.66€141.15

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €92.18

Kinshasa is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Kinshasa?

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Booking window

When to book Lodja to Kinshasa

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

  1. €102.8090 days
  2. €83.9260 days
  3. €70.9445 days
  4. €76.2530 days
  5. €126.4021 days
  6. €141.1514 days
  7. €158.857 days
  8. €197.203 days
  9. €253.251 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €70.94.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 257 percent. The dearest point is €253.25, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€253.25€70.941371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €140.56Sun
  2. €102.80Mon
  3. €117.55Tue
  4. €124.04Wed
  5. €154.72Thu
  6. €134.66Fri
  7. €141.15Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €197.20Sept
  2. €99.85Oct
  3. €91.00Nov
  4. €108.70Dec
  5. €99.26Jan
  6. €73.89Feb

The route

LodjaLodjaKinshasaKinshasa
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 951 km against 924 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Lodja at 06:32 and the last at 06:32, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Lodja

Air
  • LJA

Kinshasa

Rail
  • Kinshasa East railway station
  • Gare de Brazzaville
Coach
  • Site transco
  • CCF
Air
  • FIH
Ferry
  • The Beach;Brazzaville-Kinshasa
  • Le Beach

Kinshasa is large, and the road in from FIH 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 Kinshasa

Settled in advance, so the ride into Kinshasa 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.

Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Baikotovitchestrian Airlines€92.184h 47m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€70.5076%
Taxes€12.6914%
Supplier fees€7.008%
Our service fee€1.992%
Total you pay€92.18100%

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

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Kinshasa

Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Lodja to Kinshasa

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 Lodja to Kinshasa?

The fastest journey from Lodja to Kinshasa takes 4h 47m door to door, of which 1h 41m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 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 Lodja to Kinshasa?

The cheapest fare from Lodja to Kinshasa is €92.18, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €134.66. 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 Lodja to Kinshasa?

The cheapest way from Lodja to Kinshasa is by flight, at €102.80 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 51m 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 Lodja to Kinshasa?

Fares from Lodja to Kinshasa bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €70.94. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 257 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Lodja to Kinshasa?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Lodja to Kinshasa, at €102.80. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 12 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Lodja to Kinshasa?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Lodja to Kinshasa, at €73.89 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 Lodja to Kinshasa?

1 operators sell services from Lodja to Kinshasa across 1 mode: Baikotovitchestrian Airlines. 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 Lodja to Kinshasa?

Every service we sell from Lodja to Kinshasa is direct, with around 1 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 47m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Lodja to Kinshasa use?

Services from Lodja to Kinshasa by flight leave from Lodja LJA and arrive at Kinshasa FIH. 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 Lodja to Kinshasa?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Lodja to Kinshasa 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

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Lodja to Kinshasa on 12 September 2026: 951 km of route against 924 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €92.18, and 4h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Kinshasa is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Kinshasa before you go?

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Kinshasa, with free cancellation on most of it.

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

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