Madang to Port Moresby

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Madang to Port Moresby. From €47.34, fastest 4h 14m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Madang to Port Moresby runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €47.34, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 14m over 511 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 19, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €47.34, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026

€47.34

  • 261%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.

  • 06:18First 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

  1. about €149.41Sun20
  2. about €86.28Mon21
  3. about €100.44Tue22
  4. about €94.54Wed23
  5. about €103.98Thu24
  6. about €80.97Fri25
  7. about €103.98Sat26
  8. about €90.41Sun27
  9. about €57.37Mon28
  10. about €61.50Tue29
  11. about €65.63Wed30
  12. about €72.12Thu1
  13. about €78.02Fri2
  14. about €76.84Sat3
  15. about €66.22Sun4
  16. about €56.19Mon5
  17. about €55.60Tue6
  18. about €47.34Wed7
  19. about €59.73Thu8
  20. about €55.01Fri9
  21. about €62.68Sat10

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 Port Moresby. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Port Moresby for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Boroko and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Madang to Port Moresby

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

  1. €71.5390 days
  2. €45.5760 days
  3. €46.7545 days
  4. €41.4430 days
  5. €62.6821 days
  6. €76.8414 days
  7. €103.987 days
  8. €100.443 days
  9. €149.411 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €41.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 261 percent. The most expensive point is €149.41, 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.
€149.41€41.44137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Madang to Port Moresby 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

511 km

497 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

27,419283,733

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

MadangMadangPort MoresbyPort Moresby
The journey

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 511 km against 497 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 Mount Hagen, Lae. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 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. 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

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Boroko

Most of the points near Boroko open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Madang to Port Moresby

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 Port Moresby?

The fastest journey from Madang to Port Moresby takes 4h 14m door to door, of which 1h 7m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 17m, 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 Port Moresby?

The cheapest fare from Madang to Port Moresby is €47.34, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €72.12. 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 Port Moresby?

The cheapest way from Madang to Port Moresby is by flight, at €47.34 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 4h 17m 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 Port Moresby?

Fares from Madang to Port Moresby bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €41.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 261 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Madang to Port Moresby?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Madang to Port Moresby, at €57.37. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 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 Port Moresby?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Madang to Port Moresby, at €41.44 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 Port Moresby?

No operator record names Madang to Port Moresby directly. Air Niugini 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 Port Moresby?

33 percent of the services we sell from Madang to Port Moresby are direct. The rest connect at Mount Hagen, Lae, with about 46 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 Port Moresby use?

Services from Madang to Port Moresby by flight leave from Madang MAG and arrive at Port Moresby POM. 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 Port Moresby?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Madang to Port Moresby 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 Port Moresby on September 19, 2026: 511 km of route against 497 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €47.34, and 4h 14m 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 Port Moresby is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Port Moresby and across Papua New Guinea

Day trips that leave Port Moresby 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. Port Moresby reaches 23 places in 9 countries, from 143 to 5,083 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Madang

  • 5Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in Port Moresby

Leaving Port Moresby

  • 23Places you can leave for
  • 9Countries
  • 3Operators

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