Dubbo to Melbourne flight

Flights from Dubbo to Melbourne start at $95.17.

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The Flights from Dubbo to Melbourne starts at $95.17, run by 3 operators over 1,163 km. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked October 4, 2026Priced for October 21, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 44mDoor to door
  • 2h 19mMoving
  • $119.89 to $220.76From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 166.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 21, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

$119.89 to $220.76 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 $220.76Mon5
  2. about $192.78Tue6
  3. about $200.59Wed7
  4. about $187.58Thu8
  5. about $208.39Fri9
  6. about $186.27Sat10
  7. about $168.70Sun11
  8. about $119.89Mon12
  9. about $130.95Tue13
  10. about $125.10Wed14
  11. about $168.70Thu15
  12. about $151.78Fri16
  13. about $166.75Sat17
  14. about $147.87Sun18

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 21, 2026

Cheapest$95.17
  1. Fly Pelican FP866407:3054m08:24Dubbo City Regional Airport DBOCanberra Airport CBR
  2. NSW TrainLink NS427909:293h 16m12:45Canberra railway stationNorth Melbourne

Changes at Canberra, with 65 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 12mCO2 88.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest$125.10
  1. Fly Pelican FP236307:3049m08:19Dubbo City Regional Airport DBONewcastle Airport NTL
  2. Virgin Australia VA139109:341h 30m11:04Newcastle Airport NTLMelbourne Airport MEL

Changes at Newcastle, with 75 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 44mCO2 243.1 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
Fly Pelican740 km/hFixed fareNot published
NSW TrainLink140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
Virgin Australia740 km/hFixed fareNot published

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A hotel room

A room in Melbourne for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Dubbo to Melbourne

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

  1. $108.1890 days
  2. $125.7560 days
  3. $89.9645 days
  4. $92.5630 days
  5. $130.9521 days
  6. $147.8714 days
  7. $168.707 days
  8. $200.593 days
  9. $220.761 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at $89.96.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 145 percent. The most expensive point is $220.76, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. $147.87Sun
  2. $119.89Mon
  3. $130.95Tue
  4. $125.10Wed
  5. $168.70Thu
  6. $151.78Fri
  7. $166.75Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Dubbo

Air
  • DBO

Melbourne

Air
  • MEL
  • AVV
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 1,163 km against 702 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 Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Dubbo 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
Flight6h 44m2h 19m4h 25m$95.17166.0 kg2
Train9h 6m7h 11m1h 55m$116.2433.5 kg1

Questions about Dubbo to Melbourne

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 Dubbo to Melbourne take?

The Flight from Dubbo to Melbourne covers 1,163 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does the Flight from Dubbo to Melbourne cost?

The Flight from Dubbo to Melbourne starts at $95.17 for one passenger, as of October 4, 2026. A typical fare is $110.13. 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 Dubbo to Melbourne?

3 operators run the Flight from Dubbo to Melbourne: Fly Pelican, NSW TrainLink, Virgin Australia. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Dubbo to Melbourne use?

The Flight from Dubbo to Melbourne leaves from Dubbo City Regional Airport DBO and arrives at Melbourne Airport MEL. 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 Dubbo to Melbourne?

The Flight is the cheapest way from Dubbo to Melbourne, at $95.17, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Flight from Dubbo to Melbourne?

Fares for the Flight from Dubbo to Melbourne bottom out around 45 days ahead, at $89.96. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 145 percent, measured on October 4, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Dubbo to Melbourne produce?

The Flight from Dubbo to Melbourne produces about 166.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1163 km, which works out at roughly 143 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Flight from Dubbo to Melbourne?

Operators on the Flight from Dubbo to Melbourne publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. 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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Dubbo to Melbourne on October 4, 2026: 1163 km of route against 702 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of $95.17, and 6h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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