Sydney to Alice Springs runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:32 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €164.16, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 13m over 2,088 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €164.16, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€164.16
- 268%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Sydney
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:32First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €580.11Fri18
- about €434.38Sat19
- about €393.67Sun20
- about €349.42Mon21
- about €275.08Tue22
- about €363.58Wed23
- about €472.14Thu24
- about €344.11Fri25
- about €363.58Sat26
- about €309.30Sun27
- about €209.59Mon28
- about €200.15Tue29
- about €306.94Wed30
- about €256.79Thu1
- about €237.32Fri2
- about €269.77Sat3
- about €253.84Sun4
- about €164.16Mon5
- about €220.21Tue6
- about €237.32Wed7
- about €239.68Thu8
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.
The flight gets you into Alice Springs. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Alice Springs for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Alice Springs railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Sydney to Alice Springs
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €173.6090 days
- €165.8960 days
- €157.6745 days
- €203.6930 days
- €239.6821 days
- €256.7914 days
- €472.147 days
- €393.673 days
- €580.111 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €157.67.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 268 percent. The most expensive point is €580.11, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Sydney to Alice Springs and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
0.5 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
2,088 km
2,027 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
5,638,830 → 25,912
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,088 km against 2,027 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 Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 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.
Who runs this route
Alice Springs is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Alice Springs railway station
Most of the points near Alice Springs railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Sydney to Alice Springs
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 it take to get from Sydney to Alice Springs?
The fastest journey from Sydney to Alice Springs takes 6h 13m door to door, of which 3h 26m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 25m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Sydney to Alice Springs?
The cheapest fare from Sydney to Alice Springs is €164.16, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €275.08. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Sydney to Alice Springs?
The cheapest way from Sydney to Alice Springs is by flight, at €164.16 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 6h 36m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Sydney to Alice Springs?
Fares from Sydney to Alice Springs bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €157.67. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 268 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Sydney to Alice Springs?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Sydney to Alice Springs, at €209.59. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Sydney to Alice Springs?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sydney to Alice Springs, at €155.31 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Sydney to Alice Springs?
No operator record names Sydney to Alice Springs directly. Tiger Airways Australia publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Sydney to Alice Springs?
25 percent of the services we sell from Sydney to Alice Springs are direct. The rest connect at Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, with about 50 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Sydney to Alice Springs use?
Services from Sydney to Alice Springs by flight leave from Sydney SYD and arrive at Alice Springs ASP. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Sydney to Alice Springs?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Sydney to Alice Springs allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Sydney to Alice Springs on September 17, 2026: 2088 km of route against 2027 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €164.16, and 6h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Alice Springs is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Alice Springs and across Australia
Day trips that leave Alice Springs in the morning and cover a good part of Australia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Sydney reaches 84 places in 25 countries on services we hold, over distances from 16 to 12,500 km. Alice Springs reaches 4 places in 1 countries, from 1,329 to 2,027 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sydney
- 84Places you can leave for
- 25Countries
- 56Operators
Arriving in Alice Springs
Leaving Alice Springs
- 4Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators