Manila to Cotabato City flight

Flights from Manila to Cotabato City start at €84.50 and take 6h 14m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Manila to Cotabato City starts at €84.50 and takes 6h 14m door to door, run by 3 operators over 935 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 14, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 14mDoor to door
  • 3h 30mMoving
  • €89.23 to €183.63From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 170.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 14, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€89.23 to €183.63 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €183.04Fri25
  2. about €183.63Sat26
  3. about €136.43Sun27
  4. about €116.37Mon28
  5. about €125.81Tue29
  6. about €147.05Wed30
  7. about €111.06Thu1
  8. about €99.26Fri2
  9. about €126.40Sat3
  10. about €105.75Sun4
  11. about €99.85Mon5
  12. about €89.23Tue6
  13. about €101.03Wed7
  14. about €114.60Thu8

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 14, 2026

Fastest€102.20
  1. Air Philippines AP503207:301h 31m09:01Ninoy Aquino International Airport MNLLabo Airport OZC
  2. Rural Transit Mindanao RT609709:481h 59m11:47Ozamiz City Integrated Bus and Jeepney TerminalCotabato City Integrated Public Terminal

Changes at Ozamiz City, with 47 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 14mCO2 172.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Air Philippines740 km/hFixed fareNot published
Rural Transit Mindanao72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
Cebu Pacific740 km/hFixed fareNot published

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

A hotel room

A room in Cotabato City for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Cotabato City Integrated Public 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 Manila to Cotabato City

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

  1. €69.0890 days
  2. €48.1860 days
  3. €53.1345 days
  4. €75.6930 days
  5. €66.3421 days
  6. €74.0414 days
  7. €111.067 days
  8. €133.993 days
  9. €121.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €48.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 178 percent. The most expensive point is €133.99, 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.
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. €86.69Sun
  2. €75.69Mon
  3. €81.74Tue
  4. €80.64Wed
  5. €74.04Thu
  6. €90.54Fri
  7. €81.74Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Manila

Air
  • MNL
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 935 km against 895 km in a straight line, a detour of 6 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ozamiz City, Dipolog, Pagadian, Iligan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 14 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Manila at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Flights against the other ways to make this journey

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
Flight6h 14m3h 30m2h 44m€84.50170.4 kg3
Ferry28h 6m25h 44m2h 22m€56.4323.5 kg1

Questions about Manila to Cotabato City

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Flight from Manila to Cotabato City take?

The Flight from Manila to Cotabato City takes 6h 14m door to door, of which 3h 30m is spent moving. The route runs 935 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Manila to Cotabato City cost?

The Flight from Manila to Cotabato City starts at €84.50 for one passenger, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare is €98.67. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Manila to Cotabato City?

3 operators run the Flight from Manila to Cotabato City: Air Philippines, Rural Transit Mindanao, Cebu Pacific. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Manila to Cotabato City use?

The Flight from Manila to Cotabato City leaves from Ninoy Aquino International Airport MNL and arrives at Cotabato City Integrated Public Terminal. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Flight the best way from Manila to Cotabato City?

Traveling from Manila to Cotabato City by Ferry costs €56.43 and takes 28h 6m door to door, against 6h 14m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Flight from Manila to Cotabato City?

Fares for the Flight from Manila to Cotabato City bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €48.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 178 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Manila to Cotabato City produce?

The Flight from Manila to Cotabato City produces about 170.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 935 km, which works out at roughly 182 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Flight from Manila to Cotabato City?

Operators on the Flight from Manila to Cotabato City publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 14m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Manila to Cotabato City on September 24, 2026: 935 km of route against 895 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €84.50, and 6h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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