Wellington to Brisbane runs about 11 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 18:41. One passenger pays between €208.41 and €262.69, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 49m over 2,582 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€208.41 to €262.69
- 184%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Wellington
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:01First departure
- 18:41Last departure
- 11Services per day
- 73%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €434.97Tue15
- about €433.20Wed16
- about €502.82Thu17
- about €398.98Fri18
- about €393.08Sat19
- about €372.43Sun20
- about €311.07Mon21
- about €262.69Tue22
- about €272.72Wed23
- about €324.05Thu24
- about €309.89Fri25
- about €320.51Sat26
- about €294.55Sun27
- about €265.64Mon28
- about €208.41Tue29
- about €226.70Wed30
- about €252.66Thu1
- about €249.12Fri2
- about €243.81Sat3
- about €228.47Sun4
- about €213.13Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Brisbane. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Brisbane for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Wellington to Brisbane
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €229.6590 days
- €190.1260 days
- €244.4045 days
- €177.1430 days
- €213.1321 days
- €265.6414 days
- €311.077 days
- €502.823 days
- €434.971 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €177.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 184 percent. The dearest point is €502.82, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Wellington to Brisbane and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
2,582 km
2,506 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
381,900 → 2,780,063
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,582 km against 2,506 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Christchurch. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near South Brisbane railway station
Most of the points near South Brisbane railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Wellington to Brisbane
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 it take to get from Wellington to Brisbane?
The fastest journey from Wellington to Brisbane takes 6h 49m door to door, of which 3h 42m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 4m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Wellington to Brisbane?
The cheapest fare from Wellington to Brisbane is €208.41, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €348.24. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Wellington to Brisbane?
The cheapest way from Wellington to Brisbane is by flight, at €262.69 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 6h 52m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Wellington to Brisbane?
Fares from Wellington to Brisbane bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €177.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 184 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Wellington to Brisbane?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Wellington to Brisbane, at €262.69. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Wellington to Brisbane?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Wellington to Brisbane, at €177.14 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Wellington to Brisbane?
2 operators sell services from Wellington to Brisbane across 1 mode: Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Wellington to Brisbane?
67 percent of the services we sell from Wellington to Brisbane are direct. The rest connect at Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Christchurch, with about 52 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Wellington to Brisbane use?
Services from Wellington to Brisbane by flight leave from Wellington WLG and arrive at Brisbane BNE. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Wellington to Brisbane?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Wellington to Brisbane allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Wellington to Brisbane on 14 September 2026: 2582 km of route against 2506 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €208.41, and 6h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Brisbane a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Brisbane and across Australia
Day trips that leave Brisbane in the morning and cover a good part of Australia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Wellington reaches 22 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 125 to 2,623 km. Brisbane reaches 53 places in 21 countries, from 71 to 12,333 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Wellington
- 22Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Brisbane
Leaving Brisbane
- 53Places you can leave for
- 21Countries
- 32Operators