Cheapest€71.53
- Virgin Australia VA213514:151h 36m15:51Brisbane BNEMackay MKY
Door to door 4h 46mCO2 203.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Brisbane to Mackay flight
Flights from Brisbane to Mackay start at €96.31 and take 4h 41m at their fastest.
The Flights from Brisbane to Mackay starts at €96.31 and takes 4h 41m door to door, run by 1 operator over 828 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 41mDoor to door
- 1h 31mMoving
- €96.31From
- 203.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€75.66
- Virgin Australia VA561806:011h 31m07:32Brisbane BNEMackay MKY
Door to door 4h 41mCO2 203.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Australia | €71.53 | 4h 37m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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Rooms within reach of Mackay railway station
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When to book Brisbane to Mackay
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €75.6690 days
- €65.7960 days
- €82.2945 days
- €83.9230 days
- €99.2621 days
- €131.7114 days
- €158.857 days
- €191.893 days
- €176.551 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €65.79.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 192 percent. The most expensive point is €191.89, 3 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €107.52Sun
- €96.31Mon
- €98.08Tue
- €98.67Wed
- €131.71Thu
- €106.34Fri
- €128.17Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Brisbane
Air
- BNE
Mackay
Air
- MKY
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
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 828 km against 804 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast, Bundaberg, Gladstone. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Brisbane at 06:01 and the last at 14:15, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 41m | 1h 31m | 3h 10m | €96.31 | 203.7 kg | 2 |
| Train | 6h 18m | 5h 34m | 44m | €100.44 | 26.5 kg | 7 |
Questions about Brisbane to Mackay
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 Brisbane to Mackay take?
The Flight from Brisbane to Mackay takes 4h 41m door to door, of which 1h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 828 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 Brisbane to Mackay cost?
The Flight from Brisbane to Mackay starts at €96.31 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €73.60. 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 Brisbane to Mackay?
1 operators run the Flight from Brisbane to Mackay: 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 Brisbane to Mackay use?
The Flight from Brisbane to Mackay leaves from Brisbane BNE and arrives at Mackay MKY. 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 Brisbane to Mackay?
The Flight is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Brisbane to Mackay, at €96.31 and 4h 41m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Flight from Brisbane to Mackay?
Fares for the Flight from Brisbane to Mackay bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €65.79. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 192 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Brisbane to Mackay produce?
The Flight from Brisbane to Mackay produces about 203.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 828 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Brisbane to Mackay on September 10, 2026: 828 km of route against 804 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €96.31, and 4h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.