Sydney to Canberra flight
Flights from Sydney to Canberra start at €32.00 and take 3h 54m at their fastest.
The Flights from Sydney to Canberra starts at €32.00 and takes 3h 54m door to door, run by 3 operators over 254 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 54mDoor to door
- 44mMoving
- €32.00From
- 62.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Qatar Airways | €31.41 |
| Virgin Australia | €31.41 |
 Regional Express | €32.59 |
The trip ends at Canberra railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Rooms within reach of Canberra railway station
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Sydney to Canberra
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €11.1860 days
- €12.8345 days
- €13.3830 days
- €15.5821 days
- €19.4314 days
- €24.387 days
- €25.483 days
- €30.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 177 percent. The most expensive point is €30.98, 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.
- €18.88Sun
- €15.58Mon
- €15.58Tue
- €16.68Wed
- €19.43Thu
- €21.08Fri
- €18.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Sydney
- SYD
Canberra
- CBR
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 254 km against 247 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Sydney at 06:06 and the last at 19:35, across 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 29m | 1h 45m | 44m | €32.24 | 8.2 kg | 7 |
| Flight | 3h 54m | 44m | 3h 10m | €32.00 | 62.5 kg | 15 |
| Coach | 4h 3m | 3h 19m | 44m | €15.58 | 6.7 kg | 7 |
Questions about Sydney to Canberra
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 Sydney to Canberra take?
The Flight from Sydney to Canberra takes 3h 54m door to door, of which 44m is spent moving. The route runs 254 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 Sydney to Canberra cost?
The Flight from Sydney to Canberra starts at €32.00 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €36.13. 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 Sydney to Canberra?
3 operators run the Flight from Sydney to Canberra: Qatar Airways, Virgin Australia, Regional Express. Between them they file around 15 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 Sydney to Canberra use?
The Flight from Sydney to Canberra leaves from Sydney SYD and arrives at Canberra CBR. 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 Sydney to Canberra?
Traveling from Sydney to Canberra by Coach costs €15.58 and takes 4h 3m door to door, against 3h 54m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from Sydney to Canberra?
Fares for the Flight from Sydney to Canberra bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 177 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Sydney to Canberra produce?
The Flight from Sydney to Canberra produces about 62.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 254 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 Sydney to Canberra on September 10, 2026: 254 km of route against 247 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.00, and 3h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.