Cheapest€253.25
- Virgin Australia VA805914:154h 56m19:11Darwin DRWSydney SYD
Door to door 8h 6mCO2 480.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Darwin to Sydney flight
Flights from Darwin to Sydney start at €301.63 and take 7h 45m at their fastest.
The Flights from Darwin to Sydney starts at €301.63 and takes 7h 45m door to door, run by 2 operators over 3,243 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 45mDoor to door
- 4h 35mMoving
- €301.63From
- 480.0 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€315.79
- Hi Fly (5K) HF251306:544h 35m11:29Darwin DRWSydney SYD
Door to door 7h 45mCO2 480.0 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 |
|---|---|
| Virgin Australia | €253.25 |
 Hi Fly (5K) | €275.08 |
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When to book Darwin to Sydney
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €277.4490 days
- €253.8460 days
- €299.8645 days
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- €301.6314 days
- €331.727 days
- €539.993 days
- €678.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €253.84.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 167 percent. The most expensive point is €678.64, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €393.08Sun
- €350.01Mon
- €305.76Tue
- €301.63Wed
- €450.90Thu
- €390.72Fri
- €476.86Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Darwin
Air
- DRW
Sydney
Air
- SYD
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
- 57% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 43% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 3,243 km against 3,149 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 Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane. 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. 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 Darwin at 06:01 and the last at 14:41, across 7 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Darwin to Sydney
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 Darwin to Sydney take?
The Flight from Darwin to Sydney takes 7h 45m door to door, of which 4h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 3,243 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 Darwin to Sydney cost?
The Flight from Darwin to Sydney starts at €301.63 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €315.79. 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 Darwin to Sydney?
2 operators run the Flight from Darwin to Sydney: Virgin Australia, Hi Fly (5K). Between them they file around 7 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 Darwin to Sydney use?
The Flight from Darwin to Sydney leaves from Darwin DRW and arrives at Sydney 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 Darwin to Sydney?
Fares for the Flight from Darwin to Sydney bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €253.84. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 167 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Darwin to Sydney produce?
The Flight from Darwin to Sydney produces about 480.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3243 km, which works out at roughly 148 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 Darwin to Sydney on September 9, 2026: 3243 km of route against 3149 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €301.63, and 7h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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