Tamworth to Adelaide flight

Flights from Tamworth to Adelaide start at €146.46 and take 8h 24m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Tamworth to Adelaide starts at €146.46 and takes 8h 24m door to door, run by 4 operators over 2,114 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 24mDoor to door
  • 3h 44mMoving
  • €197.79 to €468.60From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 331.4 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.

€197.79 to €468.60 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 €466.83Thu24
  2. about €419.63Fri25
  3. about €468.60Sat26
  4. about €273.90Sun27
  5. about €270.36Mon28
  6. about €280.98Tue29
  7. about €322.28Wed30
  8. about €295.14Thu1
  9. about €257.97Fri2
  10. about €286.29Sat3
  11. about €221.98Sun4
  12. about €204.28Mon5
  13. about €219.03Tue6
  14. about €197.79Wed7

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

Lowest CO2€146.46
  1. Bonza Airlines BA966007:301h 37m09:07Tamworth Airport TMWMelbourne Airport MEL
  2. Great Southern Railway GS332110:165h 3m14:49North MelbourneAdelaide railway station

Changes at Melbourne, with 69 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 9h 46mCO2 221.0 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
Bonza Airlines740 km/hFixed fareNot published
Great Southern Railway140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
Avianca Costa Rica740 km/hFixed fareNot published
Tiger Airways Australia740 km/hFixed fareNot published

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A room in Adelaide for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Tamworth to Adelaide

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

  1. €158.7490 days
  2. €134.5460 days
  3. €151.5945 days
  4. €135.6430 days
  5. €151.5921 days
  6. €154.3414 days
  7. €261.047 days
  8. €368.293 days
  9. €446.391 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €134.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 232 percent. The dearest point is €446.39, 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. €181.29Sun
  2. €171.39Mon
  3. €152.14Tue
  4. €154.34Wed
  5. €209.89Thu
  6. €187.89Fri
  7. €212.09Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Tamworth

Air
  • TMW

Adelaide

Air
  • ADL
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 2,114 km against 1,225 km in a straight line, a detour of 42 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 14 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 Tamworth 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.
The alternatives

Flights against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train7h 40m4h 33m3h 7m€119.14260.4 kg1
Flight8h 24m3h 44m4h 40m€146.46331.4 kg2

Questions about Tamworth to Adelaide

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 Tamworth to Adelaide take?

The Flight from Tamworth to Adelaide takes 8h 24m door to door, of which 3h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 2,114 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 Tamworth to Adelaide cost?

The Flight from Tamworth to Adelaide starts at €146.46 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €157.08. 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 Tamworth to Adelaide?

4 operators run the Flight from Tamworth to Adelaide: Bonza Airlines, Great Southern Railway, Avianca Costa Rica, Tiger Airways 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 Tamworth to Adelaide use?

The Flight from Tamworth to Adelaide leaves from Tamworth Airport TMW and arrives at Adelaide International Airport ADL. 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.

Is the Flight the best way from Tamworth to Adelaide?

Travelling from Tamworth to Adelaide by Train costs €119.14 and takes 7h 40m door to door, against 8h 24m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Flight from Tamworth to Adelaide?

Fares for the Flight from Tamworth to Adelaide bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €134.54. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 232 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Tamworth to Adelaide produce?

The Flight from Tamworth to Adelaide produces about 331.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2114 km, which works out at roughly 157 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 Tamworth to Adelaide?

Operators on the Flight from Tamworth to Adelaide publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 24m 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 Tamworth to Adelaide on 23 September 2026: 2114 km of route against 1225 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €146.46, and 8h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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