Manila to Zamboanga City flight

Flights from Manila to Zamboanga City start at €89.23 and take 4h 42m at their fastest.

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Setting of the moon in Mariki, Zamboanga City

The Flights from Manila to Zamboanga City starts at €89.23 and takes 4h 42m door to door, run by 3 operators over 890 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 42mDoor to door
  • 1h 32mMoving
  • €89.23 to €166.52From
  • 06:26 to 20:04First and last departure
  • 18Per day
  • 218.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€89.23 to €166.52 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. 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 €166.52Mon14
  2. about €137.61Tue15
  3. about €141.15Wed16
  4. about €144.69Thu17
  5. about €134.66Fri18
  6. about €138.79Sat19
  7. about €128.76Sun20
  8. about €95.72Mon21
  9. about €89.23Tue22
  10. about €97.49Wed23
  11. about €118.73Thu24
  12. about €108.70Fri25
  13. about €115.19Sat26
  14. about €107.52Sun27

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Fastest€93.95
  1. Philippine Airlines PA996209:181h 32m10:50Manila MNLZamboanga ZAM

Door to door 4h 42mCO2 218.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, 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.
OperatorFrom
Air Philippines€76.25
Cebu Pacific€81.56
Philippine Airlines€78.02

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

A hotel room

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

Sort by distance from Labuan Limpapa 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 Zamboanga City

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

  1. €60.8490 days
  2. €52.0460 days
  3. €43.2445 days
  4. €43.7930 days
  5. €58.6421 days
  6. €69.0914 days
  7. €90.547 days
  8. €95.493 days
  9. €105.941 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €43.24.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 145 percent. The most expensive point is €105.94, 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.
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. €69.09Sun
  2. €63.04Mon
  3. €60.29Tue
  4. €65.79Wed
  5. €79.54Thu
  6. €74.59Fri
  7. €76.79Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Manila

Air
  • MNL

Zamboanga

Air
  • ZAM
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 890 km against 864 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Manila at 06:26 and the last at 20:04, across 18 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
Flight4h 42m1h 32m3h 10m€89.23218.9 kg18
Ferry26h 38m25h 8m1h 30m€60.2999.4 kg8

Questions about Manila to Zamboanga 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 Zamboanga City take?

The Flight from Manila to Zamboanga City takes 4h 42m door to door, of which 1h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 890 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 Zamboanga City cost?

The Flight from Manila to Zamboanga City starts at €89.23 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €93.07. 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 Zamboanga City?

3 operators run the Flight from Manila to Zamboanga City: Air Philippines, Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines. Between them they file around 18 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 Zamboanga City use?

The Flight from Manila to Zamboanga City leaves from Manila MNL and arrives at Zamboanga ZAM. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Zamboanga City?

Traveling from Manila to Zamboanga City by Ferry costs €60.29 and takes 26h 38m door to door, against 4h 42m 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 Zamboanga City?

Fares for the Flight from Manila to Zamboanga City bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €43.24. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 145 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Flight from Manila to Zamboanga City produces about 218.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 890 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Manila to Zamboanga City on September 13, 2026: 890 km of route against 864 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €89.23, and 4h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

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

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Zamboanga City

Settled in advance, so the ride into Zamboanga City costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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