Townsville to Gold Coast runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:00 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €95.13, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 6m over 1,217 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €95.13, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€95.13
- 277%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Townsville
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.
- 06:00First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €300.45Sat19
- about €219.03Sun20
- about €211.95Mon21
- about €162.98Tue22
- about €158.26Wed23
- about €196.61Thu24
- about €197.20Fri25
- about €168.88Sat26
- about €143.51Sun27
- about €126.40Mon28
- about €126.40Tue29
- about €164.75Wed30
- about €159.44Thu1
- about €147.64Fri2
- about €134.07Sat3
- about €109.88Sun4
- about €95.13Mon5
- about €101.03Tue6
- about €115.78Wed7
- about €123.45Thu8
- about €115.19Fri9
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 Gold Coast. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Gold Coast for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Nerang railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Townsville to Gold Coast
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €147.0590 days
- €86.2760 days
- €79.7945 days
- €122.8630 days
- €115.1921 days
- €147.6414 days
- €197.207 days
- €211.953 days
- €300.451 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €79.79.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 277 percent. The most expensive point is €300.45, 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 Townsville to Gold Coast and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
1,217 km
1,182 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
201,313 → 640,778
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,217 km against 1,182 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 Brisbane, Sunshine Coast. The gap between arriving and leaving is 92 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Nerang railway station
Most of the points near Nerang railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Townsville to Gold Coast
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 Townsville to Gold Coast?
The fastest journey from Townsville to Gold Coast takes 5h 6m door to door, of which 2h 5m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 12m, 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 Townsville to Gold Coast?
The cheapest fare from Townsville to Gold Coast is €95.13, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €163.57. 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 Townsville to Gold Coast?
The cheapest way from Townsville to Gold Coast is by flight, at €95.13 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 5h 15m 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 Townsville to Gold Coast?
Fares from Townsville to Gold Coast bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €79.79. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 277 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Townsville to Gold Coast?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Townsville to Gold Coast, at €126.40. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Townsville to Gold Coast?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Townsville to Gold Coast, at €95.13 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 Townsville to Gold Coast?
No operator record names Townsville to Gold Coast directly. Bonza Airlines 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 Townsville to Gold Coast?
33 percent of the services we sell from Townsville to Gold Coast are direct. The rest connect at Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, with about 92 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 Townsville to Gold Coast use?
Services from Townsville to Gold Coast by flight leave from Townsville TSV and arrive at Gold Coast OOL. 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 Townsville to Gold Coast?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Townsville to Gold Coast 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 Townsville to Gold Coast on September 18, 2026: 1217 km of route against 1182 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €95.13, and 5h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Gold Coast a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Gold Coast and across Australia
Day trips that leave Gold Coast in the morning and cover a good part of Australia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Townsville reaches 11 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 283 to 1,681 km. Gold Coast reaches 16 places in 4 countries, from 51 to 6,522 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Townsville
- 11Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Gold Coast
Leaving Gold Coast
- 16Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 10Operators