Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:32 and the last around 14:45. One passenger pays €47.93, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 15m over 527 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €47.93, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€47.93
- 117%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ponta Delgada
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.
- 06:32First departure
- 14:45Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €96.31Mon21
- about €94.54Tue22
- about €94.54Wed23
- about €96.31Thu24
- about €92.77Fri25
- about €90.41Sat26
- about €70.35Sun27
- about €61.50Mon28
- about €64.45Tue29
- about €74.48Wed30
- about €71.53Thu1
- about €65.63Fri2
- about €76.84Sat3
- about €57.37Sun4
- about €47.93Mon5
- about €55.60Tue6
- about €50.29Wed7
- about €67.99Thu8
- about €67.99Fri9
- about €56.78Sat10
- about €53.83Sun11
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 Santa Cruz das Flores. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Santa Cruz das Flores for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Lajes and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €74.4890 days
- €61.5060 days
- €47.3445 days
- €44.3930 days
- €53.8321 days
- €57.3714 days
- €70.357 days
- €94.543 days
- €96.311 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €44.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 117 percent. The most expensive point is €96.31, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores 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
527 km
511 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
20,056 → 1,725
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 527 km against 511 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 Horta, Praia da Vitória. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 FLW into Santa Cruz das Flores is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Santa Cruz das Flores
Settled in advance, so the ride into Santa Cruz das Flores costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
Santa Cruz das Flores is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Lajes
Most of the points near Lajes open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores
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 Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores?
The fastest journey from Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores takes 4h 15m door to door, of which 1h 6m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 18m, 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 Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores?
The cheapest fare from Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores is €47.93, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €77.43. 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 Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores?
The cheapest way from Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores is by flight, at €47.93 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 16m 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 Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores?
Fares from Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €44.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 117 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores, at €57.37. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores, at €42.62 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 Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores?
No operator record names Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores directly. SATA Air Acores 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 Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores?
50 percent of the services we sell from Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores are direct. The rest connect at Horta, Praia da Vitória, with about 67 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 Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores use?
Services from Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores by flight leave from Ponta Delgada PDL and arrive at Santa Cruz das Flores FLW. 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 Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores 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 Ponta Delgada to Santa Cruz das Flores on September 20, 2026: 527 km of route against 511 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €47.93, and 4h 15m 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 Santa Cruz das Flores a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Santa Cruz das Flores and across Portugal
Day trips that leave Santa Cruz das Flores in the morning and cover a good part of Portugal by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ponta Delgada reaches 27 places in 12 countries on services we hold, over distances from 165 to 4,496 km. Santa Cruz das Flores reaches 3 places in 1 countries, from 239 to 511 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ponta Delgada
- 27Places you can leave for
- 12Countries
- 14Operators
Arriving in Santa Cruz das Flores
Leaving Santa Cruz das Flores
- 3Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators