Wellington to Brisbane flight

Flights from Wellington to Brisbane start at €250.89 and take 6h 52m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Wellington to Brisbane starts at €250.89 and takes 6h 52m door to door, run by 2 operators over 2,582 km, with around 11 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 52mDoor to door
  • 3h 42mMoving
  • €250.89From
  • 635.2 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€208.41
  1. Virgin Australia VA768506:013h 52m09:53Wellington WLGBrisbane BNE

Door to door 7h 2mCO2 635.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€299.27
  1. Air New Zealand AN652914:453h 42m18:27Wellington WLGBrisbane BNE

Door to door 6h 52mCO2 635.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€355.32
  1. Air New Zealand AN799807:303h 30m11:00Wellington WLGSydney SYD
  2. NSW TrainLink NS187311:575h 43m17:40North Sydney railway stationSouth Brisbane railway station

Changes at Sydney, with 57 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 12h 7mCO2 588.3 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Air New Zealand€213.72
Virgin Australia€208.41

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Booking window

When to book Wellington to Brisbane

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

  1. €252.6690 days
  2. €170.0660 days
  3. €164.7545 days
  4. €167.1130 days
  5. €243.8121 days
  6. €320.5114 days
  7. €393.087 days
  8. €375.383 days
  9. €538.811 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €164.75.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 227 percent. The most expensive point is €538.81, 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. €299.86Sun
  2. €250.89Mon
  3. €262.69Tue
  4. €272.72Wed
  5. €324.05Thu
  6. €309.89Fri
  7. €320.51Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Wellington

Air
  • WLG

Brisbane

Air
  • BNE
The journey

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
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,582 km against 2,506 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 Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Christchurch. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Wellington at 06:01 and the last at 18:41, across 11 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Wellington 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 Wellington to Brisbane take?

The Flight from Wellington to Brisbane takes 6h 52m door to door, of which 3h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 2,582 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 Wellington to Brisbane cost?

The Flight from Wellington to Brisbane starts at €250.89 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €266.82. 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 Wellington to Brisbane?

2 operators run the Flight from Wellington to Brisbane: Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia. Between them they file around 11 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 Wellington to Brisbane use?

The Flight from Wellington to Brisbane leaves from Wellington WLG 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.

When should I book the Flight from Wellington to Brisbane?

Fares for the Flight from Wellington to Brisbane bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €164.75. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 227 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Flight from Wellington to Brisbane produces about 635.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2582 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Wellington to Brisbane on September 12, 2026: 2582 km of route against 2506 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €250.89, and 6h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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