There are 6 ways to get from Dublin to Mackay by plane, train, car, or bus
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Fly to Mackay
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Mackay (MKY)plane DUB - MKY
29h 22m$814–1,920Fly to Townsville Airport, drive
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane DUB - TSV
- Drive from Townsville-Airport-TSV to Mackaycar
33h 50m$734–2,130Fly to Whitsunday Coast Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP)plane DUB - PPP
- Take the train from Proserpine to Mackaytrain
32h 7m$960–3,230Fly to Moranbah Airport, drive
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Moranbah Airport (MOV)plane DUB - MOV
- Drive from Moranbah Airport (MOV) to Mackaycar
31h 18m$1,644–4,770Fly to Great Barrier Reef Airport, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI)plane DUB - HTI
- Take the bus from Airlie Beach to Mackaybus
33h 37m$898–2,655Fly to Rockhampton, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Rockhampton (ROK)plane DUB - ROK
- Take the train from Rockhampton to Mackaytrain
37h 3m$982–3,422
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Mackay (MKY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dublin to Mackay is to fly which costs $800 - $2,000 and takes 29h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Dublin to Mackay is to fly which takes 29h 22m and costs $800 - $2,000.
The distance between Dublin and Mackay is 15880 km.
It takes approximately 29h 22m to get from Dublin to Mackay, including transfers.
Mackay is 10h ahead of Dublin. It is currently 8:28 PM in Dublin and 6:28 AM in Mackay.
There are 83+ hotels available in Mackay.
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Mackay, QLD, Australia?
Emirates, Qantas, and two other airlines fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Mackay (MKY) 3 times a day.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Mackay via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Moranbah Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rockhampton via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Mackay via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Townsville Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rockhampton via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,200
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Mackay via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Townsville Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rockhampton via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Mackay via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rockhampton via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,200
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,600
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Proserpine to Mackay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $6–453
- Book at
- https://queenslandrailtravel-booking.opendestinations.com/BookingSite/rail/search
- Website
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/Pages/Timetable.aspx
- BQuick
- $85–170
- AChoice
- $6–29
- Gold Class
- $362
- Heritage Class
- $453
Train from Rockhampton to Mackay
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–1,195
- Book at
- https://queenslandrailtravel-booking.opendestinations.com/BookingSite/rail/search
- Website
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/Pages/Timetable.aspx
- BQuick
- $85–200
- AChoice
- $16–80
- Gold Class
- $954
- Heritage Class
- $1,195
- Phone
- 1300 473946
- Website
- greyhound.com.au
Bus from Airlie Beach to Mackay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $30–50
- Advantage
- $35–55
- Flexible
- $30–55
- Phone
- 13 34 10
- reservations@premierms.com.au
- Website
- premierms.com.au
Bus from Airlie Beach to Mackay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- https://premierms.com.au/
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