Mount Isa to Sydney flight

Flights from Mount Isa to Sydney start at €193.07 and take 8h 19m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Mount Isa to Sydney starts at €193.07 and takes 8h 19m door to door, run by 4 operators over 2,535 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 19mDoor to door
  • 4h 3mMoving
  • €237.32 to €774.81From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 445.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 12 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€237.32 to €774.81 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €774.81Thu24
  2. about €535.86Fri25
  3. about €516.39Sat26
  4. about €404.29Sun27
  5. about €397.80Mon28
  6. about €392.49Tue29
  7. about €390.13Wed30
  8. about €316.38Thu1
  9. about €318.74Fri2
  10. about €390.72Sat3
  11. about €315.20Sun4
  12. about €239.09Mon5
  13. about €237.32Tue6
  14. about €298.68Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 12 October 2026

Cheapest€193.07
  1. Regional Express RE721107:301h 27m08:57Mount Isa Airport ISATownsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville TSV
  2. Virgin Australia VA958010:032h 36m13:39Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville TSVSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport SYD

Changes at Townsville, with 66 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 8h 19mCO2 529.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€232.60
  1. Alliance Airlines AA491607:302h 29m09:59Mount Isa Airport ISABrisbane International Airport BNE
  2. NSW TrainLink NS606611:205h 3m17:23Roma Street (Brisbane)Strathfield Station

Changes at Brisbane, with 81 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 10h 50mCO2 360.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Alliance Airlines740 km/hFixed fareNot published
NSW TrainLink140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
Regional Express740 km/hFixed fareNot published
Virgin Australia740 km/hFixed fareNot published

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Booking window

When to book Mount Isa to Sydney

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €242.6390 days
  2. €206.0560 days
  3. €212.5445 days
  4. €227.8830 days
  5. €233.1921 days
  6. €298.6814 days
  7. €390.137 days
  8. €516.393 days
  9. €774.811 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €206.05.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 276 percent. The dearest point is €774.81, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €315.20Sun
  2. €239.09Mon
  3. €257.38Tue
  4. €298.68Wed
  5. €316.38Thu
  6. €318.74Fri
  7. €390.72Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Mount Isa

Air
  • ISA

Sydney

Air
  • SYD
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,535 km against 1,861 km in a straight line, a detour of 31 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Townsville, Brisbane. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Mount Isa at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Mount Isa to Sydney

The questions people actually ask about this journey, 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 the Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney take?

The Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney takes 8h 19m door to door, of which 4h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 2,535 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney cost?

The Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney starts at €193.07 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €212.84. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney?

4 operators run the Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney: Alliance Airlines, NSW TrainLink, Regional Express, Virgin Australia. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney use?

The Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney leaves from Mount Isa Airport ISA and arrives at Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport SYD. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney?

Fares for the Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €206.05. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 276 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney produce?

The Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney produces about 445.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2535 km, which works out at roughly 176 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney?

Operators on the Flight from Mount Isa to Sydney publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 19m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Mount Isa to Sydney on 23 September 2026: 2535 km of route against 1861 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €193.07, and 8h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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