There are 5 ways to get from Chennai to Freetown by plane, taxi, ferry, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chennai International Airport to Freetown-Lungi International Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Freetown-Lungi International Airport (FNA)plane MAA - FNA
- Take the taxi from Freetown-Lungi International Airport (FNA) to Freetowntaxi
24h 33m$540–1,550Fly Chennai International Airport to Conakry, ferry
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Conakry (CKY)plane MAA - CKY
- Take the ferry from Kaloum to Aberdeenferry
22h 16m$602–2,023Train, bus to Kempegowda International Airport, fly to Conakry, ferry
- Take the train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurmtrain
- Take the bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airportbus
- Fly from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) to Conakry (CKY)plane BLR - CKY
- Take the ferry from Kaloum to Aberdeenferry
35h 59m$555–1,845Fly Chennai International Airport to Roberts International Airport, drive
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Roberts International Airport (ROB)plane MAA - ROB
- Drive from Roberts International Airport (ROB) to Freetowncar
28h 56m$650–1,650Train to Tirupati Airport, fly to Conakry, ferry
- Take the train from Chennai Central to Renigunta Jntrain
- Fly from Tirupati Airport (TIR) to Conakry (CKY)plane TIR - CKY
- Take the ferry from Kaloum to Aberdeenferry
31h 10m$755–2,639
Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Freetown-Lungi International Airport (FNA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chennai to Freetown is to fly and taxi which costs $500 - $1,600 and takes 24h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Chennai to Freetown is to fly and ferry which takes 22h 16m and costs $600 - $2,100.
The distance between Chennai and Freetown is 10347 km.
It takes approximately 24h 33m to get from Chennai to Freetown, including transfers.
Freetown is 5h 30m behind Chennai. It is currently 10:59 AM in Chennai and 5:29 AM in Freetown.
There are 79+ hotels available in Freetown.
What companies run services between Chennai, India and Freetown, Sierra Leone?
There is no direct connection from Chennai to Freetown. However, you can take the subway to Airport, walk to Madras-Airport-MAA airport, fly to Freetown-Lungi International Airport (FNA), then take the taxi to Freetown. Alternatively, you can take the subway to Airport, walk to Madras-Airport-MAA airport, fly to Conakry (CKY), take the taxi to Kaloum, then take the ferry to Aberdeen.
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Freetown-Lungi International Airport via Addis Ababa, Accra
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Freetown-Lungi International Airport via Addis Ababa, Roberts International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Freetown-Lungi International Airport via Mumbai, Addis Ababa, Roberts International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Conakry via Addis Ababa, Ouagadougou
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Conakry via Addis Ababa, Ouagadougou
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Conakry via Addis Ababa, Abidjan
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Roberts International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Roberts International Airport via Addis Ababa, Accra
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Roberts International Airport via Mumbai, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Tirupati Airport to Conakry via Hyderabad, Addis Ababa, Ouagadougou
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Tirupati Airport to Conakry via Hyderabad, Addis Ababa, Abidjan
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Tirupati Airport to Conakry via Delhi, Addis Ababa, Abidjan
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Conakry via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Conakry via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Tirupati Airport to Conakry via Delhi, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Website
- flyairpeace.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Freetown-Lungi International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Accra
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Tirupati Airport to Conakry via Delhi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Phone
- 14646
- [email protected]
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–19
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- $2–3
- Third AC (3A)
- $6–9
- Second AC (2A)
- $9–12
- First Class (1A)
- $15–19
Train from Chennai Central to Renigunta Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–13
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- $1–2
- Third AC (3A)
- $4–6
- Second AC (2A)
- $6–8
- First Class (1A)
- $10–13
- Phone
- +91 080 22483777
- Website
- BMTC
Bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- BMTC
- Airport Vajra Vayu Electric
- $1
- Airport Vajra Vayu
- $2–3
- Phone
- +23276551155
- [email protected]
- Website
- seacoachexpress.com
Ferry from Kaloum to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Schedules at
- seacoachexpress.com
- Economy
- $100
- Business
- $120
Ferry from Kaloum to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Schedules at
- seacoachexpress.com
- Economy
- $100
- Business
- $120
Ferry from Kaloum to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Schedules at
- seacoachexpress.com
- Economy
- $100
- Business
- $120
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Estimated price
- $40–50
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