Madang to Mt Hagen runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:04 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €31.41, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 49m over 192 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €31.41, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for September 28, 2026
€31.41
- 79%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Madang
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.
- 06:04First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €56.19Sat19
- about €56.78Sun20
- about €32.59Mon21
- about €34.36Tue22
- about €35.54Wed23
- about €46.16Thu24
- about €40.85Fri25
- about €40.85Sat26
- about €32.59Sun27
- about €31.41Mon28
- about €31.41Tue29
- about €31.41Wed30
- about €33.77Thu1
- about €31.41Fri2
- about €31.41Sat3
- about €32.00Sun4
- about €31.41Mon5
- about €31.41Tue6
- about €31.41Wed7
- about €31.41Thu8
- about €31.41Fri9
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 Mt Hagen. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Mt Hagen for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Madang to Mt Hagen
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €34.3690 days
- €31.4160 days
- €31.4145 days
- €31.4130 days
- €31.4121 days
- €31.4114 days
- €40.857 days
- €32.593 days
- €56.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 79 percent. The most expensive point is €56.19, 1 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Madang to Mt Hagen 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
192 km
186 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
27,419 → 33,623
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 192 km against 186 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 Wewak, Lae. The gap between arriving and leaving is 78 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.
Who runs this route
Mt Hagen is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Upper Highlands Bus Station
Most of the points near Upper Highlands Bus Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Madang to Mt Hagen
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 Madang to Mt Hagen?
The fastest journey from Madang to Mt Hagen takes 3h 49m door to door, of which 41m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 51m, 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 Madang to Mt Hagen?
The cheapest fare from Madang to Mt Hagen is €31.41, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €32.00. 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 Madang to Mt Hagen?
The cheapest way from Madang to Mt Hagen is by flight, at €31.41 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 3h 51m 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 Madang to Mt Hagen?
Fares from Madang to Mt Hagen bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 79 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Madang to Mt Hagen?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Madang to Mt Hagen, at €31.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Madang to Mt Hagen?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Madang to Mt Hagen, at €31.41 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 Madang to Mt Hagen?
No operator record names Madang to Mt Hagen directly. Airlines PNG publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Madang to Mt Hagen?
33 percent of the services we sell from Madang to Mt Hagen are direct. The rest connect at Wewak, Lae, with about 78 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 Madang to Mt Hagen use?
Services from Madang to Mt Hagen by flight leave from Madang MAG and arrive at Mount Hagen HGU. 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 Madang to Mt Hagen?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Madang to Mt Hagen 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Madang to Mt Hagen on September 18, 2026: 192 km of route against 186 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Mt Hagen is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Mt Hagen and across Papua New Guinea
Day trips that leave Mt Hagen in the morning and cover a good part of Papua New Guinea by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Madang reaches 5 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 186 to 637 km. Mt Hagen reaches 5 places in 1 countries, from 130 to 515 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Madang
- 5Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Mt Hagen
Leaving Mt Hagen
- 5Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators