Port Moresby to Daru runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €42.62 and €45.57, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 9m over 448 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€42.62 to €45.57
- 213%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Port Moresby
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.
- 06:01First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 67%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €118.73Sat19
- about €98.67Sun20
- about €63.27Mon21
- about €65.63Tue22
- about €67.40Wed23
- about €85.10Thu24
- about €78.02Fri25
- about €76.25Sat26
- about €63.86Sun27
- about €55.60Mon28
- about €54.42Tue29
- about €57.37Wed30
- about €67.40Thu1
- about €52.65Fri2
- about €58.55Sat3
- about €52.06Sun4
- about €42.62Mon5
- about €42.62Tue6
- about €47.93Wed7
- about €50.88Thu8
- about €50.29Fri9
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 Daru. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Daru for the night the flight gets in
The search opens on Daru with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Port Moresby to Daru
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €58.5590 days
- €37.9060 days
- €39.0845 days
- €43.2130 days
- €50.2921 days
- €52.6514 days
- €78.027 days
- €63.273 days
- €118.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.90.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 213 percent. The most expensive point is €118.73, 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 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Port Moresby to Daru 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
448 km
435 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
283,733 → 15,214
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
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 448 km against 435 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 Lae. The gap between arriving and leaving is 85 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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
Daru is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Where to leave your bags in Daru
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Port Moresby to Daru
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 Port Moresby to Daru?
The fastest journey from Port Moresby to Daru takes 4h 9m door to door, of which 1h 1m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 12m, 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 Port Moresby to Daru?
The cheapest fare from Port Moresby to Daru is €42.62, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €62.98. 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 Port Moresby to Daru?
The cheapest way from Port Moresby to Daru is by flight, at €42.62 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 11m 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 Port Moresby to Daru?
Fares from Port Moresby to Daru bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €37.90. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 213 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 Port Moresby to Daru?
Friday is the cheapest day to depart from Port Moresby to Daru, at €52.65. 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 Port Moresby to Daru?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Port Moresby to Daru, at €35.54 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 Port Moresby to Daru?
No operator record names Port Moresby to Daru directly. Air Niugini, 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 Port Moresby to Daru?
67 percent of the services we sell from Port Moresby to Daru are direct. The rest connect at Lae, with about 85 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 Port Moresby to Daru use?
Services from Port Moresby to Daru by flight leave from Port Moresby POM and arrive at Daru DAU. 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 Port Moresby to Daru?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Port Moresby to Daru 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 Port Moresby to Daru on September 18, 2026: 448 km of route against 435 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €42.62, and 4h 9m 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 Daru is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Daru and across Papua New Guinea
Day trips that leave Daru in the morning and cover a good part of Papua New Guinea by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Port Moresby reaches 23 places in 9 countries on services we hold, over distances from 143 to 5,083 km. Daru reaches 2 places in 1 countries, from 435 to 492 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Port Moresby
- 23Places you can leave for
- 9Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Daru
Leaving Daru
- 2Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators