Cheapest€127.58
- Virgin Australia VA741606:012h 28m08:29Mackay MKYSydney SYD
Door to door 5h 38mCO2 361.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Mackay to Sydney flight
Flights from Mackay to Sydney start at €163.57 and take 5h 38m at their fastest.
The Flights from Mackay to Sydney starts at €163.57 and takes 5h 38m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,471 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 38mDoor to door
- 2h 28mMoving
- €163.57From
- 361.9 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.
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 | €127.58 | 5h 26m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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When to book Mackay to Sydney
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €141.7490 days
- €117.5560 days
- €135.6445 days
- €154.3430 days
- €168.8821 days
- €190.7114 days
- €236.147 days
- €255.543 days
- €335.851 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €117.55.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 186 percent. The most expensive point is €335.85, 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.
- €184.81Sun
- €163.57Mon
- €167.70Tue
- €169.47Wed
- €190.71Thu
- €213.72Fri
- €234.64Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Mackay
Air
- MKY
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,471 km against 1,428 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 Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Hervey Bay, Townsville. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 14 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 Mackay at 06:01 and the last at 06:01, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Mackay 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 Mackay to Sydney take?
The Flight from Mackay to Sydney takes 5h 38m door to door, of which 2h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 1,471 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 Mackay to Sydney cost?
The Flight from Mackay to Sydney starts at €163.57 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €127.58. 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 Mackay to Sydney?
1 operators run the Flight from Mackay to Sydney: Virgin Australia. Between them they file around 1 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 Mackay to Sydney use?
The Flight from Mackay to Sydney leaves from Mackay MKY 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 Mackay to Sydney?
Fares for the Flight from Mackay to Sydney bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €117.55. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 186 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Mackay to Sydney produce?
The Flight from Mackay to Sydney produces about 361.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1471 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 Mackay to Sydney on September 10, 2026: 1471 km of route against 1428 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €163.57, and 5h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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