Route · NZ

Auckland to Port Vila

1 operator run this water, from 3 h 18.

Getting from Auckland to Port Vila

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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.

Air New Zealand, Air Vanuatu AKL → VLI 2239 km non-stop 320 738 in the air 4 h 48 est. rate not held 679 km/h average

Other ways to reach Port Vila

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

Lamen Bay – Port Vila 39 min Air Vanuatu

Lamap – Port Vila 41 min Air Vanuatu

Craig Cove – Port Vila 42 min Air Vanuatu

Lonorore – Port Vila 45 min Air Vanuatu

Norsup – Port Vila 45 min Air Vanuatu

Tanna Island – Port Vila 46 min Air Vanuatu

Luganville – Port Vila 50 min Air Vanuatu

Nouméa (La Tontouta) – Port Vila 1 h 10 Air Caledonie International

Nadi – Port Vila 1 h 42 Air Pacific

Honiara – Port Vila 2 h 06 Air Pacific

And other ways to reach Auckland

Rangitoto – Auckland 25 min Fullers 360, Fullers Ferry

Waiheke – Auckland 40 min Fullers 360, Fullers 360 Waiheke Reserve

Tauranga – Auckland 41 min Air New Zealand

Whangarei – Auckland 41 min Air New Zealand

Rotorua – Auckland 44 min Air New Zealand

Kerikeri – Auckland 46 min Air New Zealand

Whakatāne – Auckland 46 min Air New Zealand

New Plymouth – Auckland 47 min Air New Zealand

Taupo – Auckland 47 min Air New Zealand

Gisborne – Auckland 55 min Air New Zealand

Where else these quays go

Also from Auckland

Adelaide · Alofi · Apia · Avarua · Benoa · Blenheim · Brisbane · Cairns · Callao-Lima · Cape Town · Christchurch · Civitavecchia-Rome · Coromandel · Dunedin

Also from Port Vila

Brisbane · Craig Cove · Honiara · Lamap · Lamen Bay · Lonorore · Luganville · Nadi · Norsup · Nouméa (La Tontouta) · Sydney (Mascot) · Tanna Island

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Auckland–Port Vila 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.