This is my own work. The skyline view of the Robinsons Place Butuan from City Hall Complex of Butuan.

Puerto Princesa City to Butuan

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Puerto Princesa City to Butuan. From €73.30, fastest 5h 49m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Puerto Princesa City to Butuan runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €73.30, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 49m over 830 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €73.30, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026

€73.30

  • 170%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Puerto Princesa City

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 €221.98Thu24
  2. about €218.44Fri25
  3. about €181.27Sat26
  4. about €133.48Sun27
  5. about €135.84Mon28
  6. about €140.56Tue29
  7. about €138.20Wed30
  8. about €119.32Thu1
  9. about €101.03Fri2
  10. about €115.78Sat3
  11. about €101.62Sun4
  12. about €108.11Mon5
  13. about €89.82Tue6
  14. about €108.70Wed7
  15. about €114.01Thu8
  16. about €86.87Fri9
  17. about €103.39Sat10
  18. about €103.39Sun11
  19. about €73.30Mon12
  20. about €86.87Tue13
  21. about €95.13Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Butuan for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Butuan City Integrated Transport Terminal and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Puerto Princesa City to Butuan

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

  1. €91.0090 days
  2. €85.6960 days
  3. €85.1045 days
  4. €82.1530 days
  5. €95.1321 days
  6. €108.7014 days
  7. €138.207 days
  8. €181.273 days
  9. €221.981 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €82.15.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 170 percent. The dearest point is €221.98, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€221.98€82.15137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Puerto Princesa City to Butuan 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 east.

Who lives at each end

222,673309,709

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 JoseCatbaloganCatbaloganPuerto PrincesaPuerto PrincesaButuanButuanMap 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 BXU into Butuan is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Butuan

Settled in advance, so the ride into Butuan 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 Butuan City Integrated Transport Terminal

Most of the points near Butuan City Integrated Transport Terminal open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Puerto Princesa City to Butuan

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 Puerto Princesa City to Butuan?

The fastest journey from Puerto Princesa City to Butuan takes 5h 49m door to door, of which 1h 58m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 52m, 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 Puerto Princesa City to Butuan?

The cheapest fare from Puerto Princesa City to Butuan is €73.30, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €108.70. 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 Puerto Princesa City to Butuan?

The cheapest way from Puerto Princesa City to Butuan is by flight, at €73.30 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 Puerto Princesa City to Butuan?

Fares from Puerto Princesa City to Butuan bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €82.15. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 170 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Puerto Princesa City to Butuan, at €89.82. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Puerto Princesa City to Butuan?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Puerto Princesa City to Butuan, at €71.53 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 Puerto Princesa City to Butuan?

1 operators sell services from Puerto Princesa City to Butuan 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 Puerto Princesa City to Butuan?

0 percent of the services we sell from Puerto Princesa City to Butuan 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 Puerto Princesa City to Butuan use?

Services from Puerto Princesa City to Butuan by flight leave from Puerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base PPS and arrive at Bancasi Airport BXU. 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 Puerto Princesa City to Butuan?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Puerto Princesa City to Butuan 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 Puerto Princesa City to Butuan on 23 September 2026: 830 km of route against 752 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €73.30, 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 Butuan a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Butuan and across Philippines

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

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The two ends, compared

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

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Leaving Puerto Princesa City

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  • 5Countries
  • 6Operators

Arriving in Butuan

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  • 2Countries
  • 7Operators

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