Townsville to Brisbane flight

Flights from Townsville to Brisbane start at €129.35 and take 5h 1m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Townsville to Brisbane starts at €129.35 and takes 5h 1m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,144 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 1mDoor to door
  • 1h 51mMoving
  • €129.35 to €283.93From
  • 06:01 to 14:15First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 281.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€129.35 to €283.93 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €283.93Mon14
  2. about €201.92Tue15
  3. about €198.97Wed16
  4. about €216.08Thu17
  5. about €177.14Fri18
  6. about €214.90Sat19
  7. about €179.50Sun20
  8. about €129.35Mon21
  9. about €132.30Tue22
  10. about €132.89Wed23
  11. about €163.57Thu24
  12. about €137.61Fri25
  13. about €144.69Sat26
  14. about €152.36Sun27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Cheapest€95.13
  1. Virgin Australia VA819214:151h 56m16:11Townsville TSVBrisbane BNE

Door to door 5h 6mCO2 281.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€101.03
  1. Virgin Australia VA470906:011h 51m07:52Townsville TSVBrisbane BNE

Door to door 5h 1mCO2 281.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Virgin Australia€95.135h 1m740 km/hFixed fareNot published

The flight gets you into Brisbane. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Brisbane for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Townsville to Brisbane

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

  1. €116.9690 days
  2. €104.5760 days
  3. €86.8745 days
  4. €85.0930 days
  5. €128.1721 days
  6. €152.3614 days
  7. €179.507 days
  8. €198.973 days
  9. €283.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €85.09.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 234 percent. The most expensive point is €283.93, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €152.36Sun
  2. €129.35Mon
  3. €132.30Tue
  4. €132.89Wed
  5. €163.57Thu
  6. €137.61Fri
  7. €144.69Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Townsville

Air
  • TSV

Brisbane

Air
  • BNE
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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 1,144 km against 1,111 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 Mackay, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Sunshine Coast. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Townsville at 06:01 and the last at 14:15, across 3 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
Flight5h 1m1h 51m3h 10m€129.35281.4 kg3
Train8h 11m7h 27m44m€138.3936.7 kg6

Questions about Townsville to Brisbane

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 Townsville to Brisbane take?

The Flight from Townsville to Brisbane takes 5h 1m door to door, of which 1h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 1,144 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 Townsville to Brisbane cost?

The Flight from Townsville to Brisbane starts at €129.35 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €101.03. 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 Townsville to Brisbane?

1 operators run the Flight from Townsville to Brisbane: Virgin Australia. Between them they file around 3 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 Townsville to Brisbane use?

The Flight from Townsville to Brisbane leaves from Townsville TSV and arrives at Brisbane BNE. 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 Townsville to Brisbane?

The Flight is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Townsville to Brisbane, at €129.35 and 5h 1m 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 Townsville to Brisbane?

Fares for the Flight from Townsville to Brisbane bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €85.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 234 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Townsville to Brisbane produce?

The Flight from Townsville to Brisbane produces about 281.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1144 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

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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Townsville to Brisbane on September 13, 2026: 1144 km of route against 1111 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €129.35, and 5h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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