Auckland to Townsville flight

Flights from Auckland to Townsville start at €271.54 and take 9h 37m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Auckland to Townsville starts at €271.54 and takes 9h 37m door to door, run by 4 operators over 3,508 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 9h 37mDoor to door
  • 5h 34mMoving
  • €314.02 to €780.71From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 754.5 kgCO2

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

€314.02 to €780.71 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 €735.87Fri25
  2. about €780.71Sat26
  3. about €624.95Sun27
  4. about €548.25Mon28
  5. about €527.60Tue29
  6. about €597.81Wed30
  7. about €460.93Thu1
  8. about €420.22Fri2
  9. about €477.45Sat3
  10. about €374.79Sun4
  11. about €314.02Mon5
  12. about €345.29Tue6
  13. about €394.85Wed7
  14. about €407.24Thu8

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 12, 2026

Cheapest€271.54
  1. Air New Zealand AN253607:303h 50m08:20Auckland International Airport AKLBrisbane International Airport BNE
  2. Virgin Australia VA812509:281h 56m11:24Brisbane International Airport BNETownsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville TSV

Changes at Brisbane, with 68 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 4mCO2 731.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€296.91
  1. Air New Zealand AN283407:303h 31m08:01Auckland International Airport AKLGold Coast Airport OOL
  2. Bonza Airlines BA342908:542h 3m10:57Gold Coast Airport OOLTownsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville TSV

Changes at Gold Coast, with 53 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 9h 37mCO2 733.2 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

The flight gets you into Townsville. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Townsville for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Auckland to Townsville

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

  1. €291.0190 days
  2. €276.2660 days
  3. €315.2045 days
  4. €378.9230 days
  5. €404.8821 days
  6. €407.2414 days
  7. €460.937 days
  8. €624.953 days
  9. €735.871 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €276.26.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 166 percent. The most expensive point is €735.87, 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. €374.79Sun
  2. €314.02Mon
  3. €345.29Tue
  4. €394.85Wed
  5. €407.24Thu
  6. €420.22Fri
  7. €477.45Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Auckland

Air
  • AKL

Townsville

Air
  • TSV
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 3,508 km against 3,347 km in a straight line, a detour of 8 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney, Sunshine Coast. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Auckland at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Auckland to Townsville

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Auckland to Townsville take?

The Flight from Auckland to Townsville takes 9h 37m door to door, of which 5h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 3,508 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 Auckland to Townsville cost?

The Flight from Auckland to Townsville starts at €271.54 for one passenger, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare is €292.19. 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 Auckland to Townsville?

4 operators run the Flight from Auckland to Townsville: Air New Zealand, Bonza Airlines, Virgin Australia, Aerolineas Argentinas. Between them they file around 4 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 Auckland to Townsville use?

The Flight from Auckland to Townsville leaves from Auckland International Airport AKL and arrives at Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville TSV. 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 Auckland to Townsville?

Fares for the Flight from Auckland to Townsville bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €276.26. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 166 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Auckland to Townsville produce?

The Flight from Auckland to Townsville produces about 754.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3508 km, which works out at roughly 215 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Auckland to Townsville on September 24, 2026: 3508 km of route against 3347 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €271.54, and 9h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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