Labuan Bajo to Surabaya runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €76.79 and €79.79, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 55m over 1,013 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026
€76.79 to €79.79
- 137%Moves across the booking window
137%When it runs, leaving Labuan Bajo
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
1
0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €191.89Thu24
- about €178.32Fri25
- about €142.33Sat26
- about €164.16Sun27
- about €139.38Mon28
- about €121.09Tue29
- about €114.60Wed30
- about €142.92Thu1
- about €121.09Fri2
- about €108.11Sat3
- about €121.68Sun4
- about €105.16Mon5
- about €103.39Tue6
- about €82.15Wed7
- about €98.67Thu8
- about €95.13Fri9
- about €98.08Sat10
- about €101.03Sun11
- about €88.05Mon12
- about €76.79Tue13
- about €85.69Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Surabaya. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Surabaya for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Labuan Bajo to Surabaya
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €89.2390 days
- €88.0560 days
- €90.4145 days
- €80.9730 days
- €85.6921 days
- €82.1514 days
- €114.607 days
- €142.333 days
- €191.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €80.97.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 137 percent. The most expensive point is €191.89, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Labuan Bajo to Surabaya and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
1,013 km
798 km as the crow flies, 27% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
188,724 → 3,018,022
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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 1,013 km against 798 km in a straight line, a detour of 27 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Denpasar, Makassar. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
Surabaya is large, and the road in from SUB can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Surabaya
Settled in advance, so the ride into Surabaya 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 Surabaya Kota railway station
Most of the points near Surabaya Kota railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Labuan Bajo to Surabaya
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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?
The fastest journey from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya takes 5h 55m door to door, of which 1h 57m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 11h 26m, 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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?
The cheapest fare from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya is €76.79, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €121.39. 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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?
The cheapest way from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya is by ferry, at €76.79 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 17h 1m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?
The fastest way from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya is by flight, at 5h 57m door to door. Only 1h 57m of that is spent moving; the remaining 4h is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €79.79.
When should I book Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?
Fares from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €80.97. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 137 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya, at €85.69. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya, at €76.84 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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?
2 operators sell services from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya across 2 modes: Garuda Indonesia, Persero. 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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?
0 percent of the services we sell from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya are direct. The rest connect at Denpasar, Makassar, with about 50 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya produce?
Traveling from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya by ferry produces about 175.4 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 177.9 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya use?
Services from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya by flight leave from Komodo Airport LBJ and arrive at Juanda International Airport SUB. 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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya 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 labeled 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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya on September 23, 2026: 1013 km of route against 798 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €76.79, and 5h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Labuan Bajo reaches 16 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 128 to 4,878 km. Surabaya reaches 113 places in 12 countries, from 22 to 8,662 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Labuan Bajo
- 16Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 6Operators
4
6Arriving in Surabaya
Leaving Surabaya
- 113Places you can leave for
- 12Countries
- 24Operators