Makassar to Kendari

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Makassar to Kendari. From €40.85, fastest 4h 3m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Makassar to Kendari costs €40.85 at the cheapest and takes 4h 3m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 377 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
377 km
Fastest
4h 3m
Average
4h 6m
Services per day
1
Cheapest
€40.85
CO2 per passenger
92.7 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 30, 2026.

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 5m55m3h 10m€45.5792.7 kg1
  • 4h 5mFastest, by Flight
  • €45.57Cheapest, by Flight
  • 92.7 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 377 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€40.85
  1. Lion Mentari Airlines LM596506:4955m07:44Makassar UPGKendari KDI

Door to door 4h 5mCO2 92.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Makassar to Kendari
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Makassar to KendariSunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26
Flight€78.02€79.20€55.60€64.45€73.30€65.63€61.50€50.29€56.78€54.42€47.34€62.68€53.24€45.57

Cheapest day: 2026-09-30 · €40.85

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Kendari is not something we sell.

A hotel room

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Booking window

When to book Makassar to Kendari

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

  1. €53.8390 days
  2. €42.6260 days
  3. €34.3645 days
  4. €37.9030 days
  5. €48.5221 days
  6. €45.5714 days
  7. €61.507 days
  8. €55.603 days
  9. €78.021 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €34.36.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 127 percent. The most expensive point is €78.02, 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.
€78.02€34.361371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €50.29Sun
  2. €56.78Mon
  3. €54.42Tue
  4. €47.34Wed
  5. €62.68Thu
  6. €53.24Fri
  7. €48.52Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €55.60Sep
  2. €48.52Oct
  3. €40.26Nov
  4. €42.03Dec
  5. €47.93Jan
  6. €34.95Feb

The route

MakassarMakassarKendariKendari
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 377 km against 366 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Makassar at 06:49 and the last at 06:49, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Makassar

Rail
  • Maros railway station
  • Mandai railway station
Bus
  • stasiun bus makassar
  • Stasiun Bus Makassar
Air
  • UPG
Ferry
  • Makassar Port
  • Soekarno Hatta Makassar ferry port

Kendari

Bus
  • TERMINAL BARUGA
  • Terminal Lama Puuwatu
Air
  • KDI
Ferry
  • Kendari ferry port
  • Pelabuhan Batu Kendari

The fare from KDI into Kendari is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from KDI into Kendari?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Lion Mentari Airlines€40.854h 3m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-30, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€27.0066%
Taxes€4.8612%
Supplier fees€7.0017%
Our service fee€1.995%
Total you pay€40.85100%

A day in Kendari hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Kendari

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Makassar to Kendari

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 Makassar to Kendari?

The fastest journey from Makassar to Kendari takes 4h 3m door to door, of which 55m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 6m, 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 Makassar to Kendari?

The cheapest fare from Makassar to Kendari is €40.85, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €53.24. 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 Makassar to Kendari?

The cheapest way from Makassar to Kendari is by Flight, at €45.57 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 4h 5m 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 Makassar to Kendari?

Fares from Makassar to Kendari bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €34.36. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 127 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Makassar to Kendari?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Makassar to Kendari, at €47.34. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 30, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Makassar to Kendari?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Makassar to Kendari, at €34.95 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 Makassar to Kendari?

1 operators sell services from Makassar to Kendari across 1 modes: Lion Mentari Airlines. 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 Makassar to Kendari?

Every service we sell from Makassar to Kendari is direct, with around 1 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 3m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Makassar to Kendari use?

Services from Makassar to Kendari by Flight leave from Makassar UPG and arrive at Kendari KDI. 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 Makassar to Kendari?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Makassar to Kendari 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

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Makassar to Kendari on September 12, 2026: 377 km of route against 366 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €40.85, and 4h 3m 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 Kendari a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Kendari before you go?

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Kendari, with free cancellation on most of it.

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