Route

Arki to Kalymnos

2 operators run this water, from 4 h 10. Kalymnos has an airport 4 km from the quay, so this is a crossing you can make one way and fly the other.

Getting from Arki to Kalymnos

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Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

SAOS Ferries Arki → Kalymnos 53 km conventional crossing 4 h 10 rate not held 13 km/h average

Dodekanisos Seaways Arki → Kalymnos 53 km conventional crossing not held rate not held

Other ways to reach Kalymnos

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Kalymnos without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Pserimos – Kalymnos 20 min Anem Ferries, LAFASI

Kos – Kalymnos 35 min Anem Ferries, Blue Star Ferries

Leros – Kalymnos 45 min Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways

Lipsi – Kalymnos 1 h 10 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways

Nisyros – Kalymnos 1 h 30 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways

Patmos – Kalymnos 1 h 35 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways

Agathonisi – Kalymnos 1 h 50 Dodekanisos Seaways, SAOS Ferries

Symi – Kalymnos 2 h 05 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways

Astypalea – Kalymnos 2 h 12 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways

Tilos – Kalymnos 2 h 15 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways

And other ways to reach Arki

Patmos – Arki 20 min Dodekanisos Seaways, SAOS Ferries

Agathonisi – Arki 30 min Dodekanisos Seaways, SAOS Ferries

Lipsi – Arki 45 min Dodekanisos Seaways, SAOS Ferries

Leros – Arki 1 h 10 Dodekanisos Seaways, SAOS Ferries

Pythagorio – Arki 1 h 10 Dodekanisos Seaways, SAOS Ferries

Kos – Arki 2 h 40 Dodekanisos Seaways

Astypalea – Arki 4 h 35 Dodekanisos Seaways

Rhodes – Arki 6 h 55 Dodekanisos Seaways

Where else these quays go

Also from Arki

Agathonisi · Astypalea · Kos · Leros · Lipsi · Patmos · Pythagorio · Rhodes

Also from Kalymnos

Agathonisi · Agios Kirikos · Astypalea · Chalki · Evdilos · Fournoi · Karlovassi · Karpathos · Kasos · Kastelorizo · Kos · Leros · Lipsi · Mykonos

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Arki–Kalymnos crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.