General Santos to Iloilo City runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €50.88 and €56.78, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 20m over 602 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€50.88 to €56.78
- 131%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving General Santos
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.
- 06:09First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 67%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €117.55Wed16
- about €125.81Thu17
- about €111.65Fri18
- about €96.90Sat19
- about €106.93Sun20
- about €101.62Mon21
- about €65.04Tue22
- about €73.89Wed23
- about €92.18Thu24
- about €78.61Fri25
- about €84.51Sat26
- about €79.79Sun27
- about €77.43Mon28
- about €54.42Tue29
- about €72.12Wed30
- about €67.40Thu1
- about €62.09Fri2
- about €63.86Sat3
- about €65.63Sun4
- about €53.24Mon5
- about €50.88Tue6
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 Iloilo City. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Iloilo City for the night the flight gets in
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When to book General Santos to Iloilo City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €63.8690 days
- €53.8360 days
- €59.1445 days
- €69.7630 days
- €50.8821 days
- €54.4214 days
- €65.047 days
- €111.653 days
- €117.551 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €50.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 131 percent. The most expensive point is €117.55, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to General Santos to Iloilo City 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
602 km
585 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
722,059 → 473,728
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
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
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 602 km against 585 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 Lapu-Lapu City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
The fare from ILO into Iloilo City is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Iloilo City
Settled in advance, so the ride into Iloilo City costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand 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.
Baggage storage near Ceres Iloilo North Bus Terminal
Most of the points near Ceres Iloilo North Bus Terminal open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about General Santos to Iloilo 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 it take to get from General Santos to Iloilo City?
The fastest journey from General Santos to Iloilo City takes 4h 20m door to door, of which 1h 14m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 23m, 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 General Santos to Iloilo City?
The cheapest fare from General Santos to Iloilo City is €50.88, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €80.68. 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 General Santos to Iloilo City?
The cheapest way from General Santos to Iloilo City is by flight, at €54.42 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 24m 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 General Santos to Iloilo City?
Fares from General Santos to Iloilo City bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €50.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 131 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for General Santos to Iloilo City?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from General Santos to Iloilo City, at €54.42. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for General Santos to Iloilo City?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from General Santos to Iloilo City, at €50.28 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 service from General Santos to Iloilo City?
2 operators sell services from General Santos to Iloilo City across 1 mode: Air Philippines, Cebu Pacific. 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 General Santos to Iloilo City?
67 percent of the services we sell from General Santos to Iloilo City are direct. The rest connect at Lapu-Lapu City, with about 74 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 General Santos to Iloilo City use?
Services from General Santos to Iloilo City by flight leave from General Santos GES and arrive at Iloilo ILO. 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 General Santos to Iloilo City?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from General Santos to Iloilo City 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 General Santos to Iloilo City on September 15, 2026: 602 km of route against 585 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €50.88, and 4h 20m 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 Iloilo City a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Iloilo City and across Philippines
Day trips that leave Iloilo City in the morning and cover a good part of Philippines by evening.
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The two ends, compared
General Santos reaches 3 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 486 to 1,049 km. Iloilo City reaches 21 places in 3 countries, from 42 to 2,317 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving General Santos
- 3Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Iloilo City
Leaving Iloilo City
- 21Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 7Operators