There are 8 ways to get from Mackay to Ayr by plane, train, or car
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Fly Mackay to Edinburgh Airport, train
best- Fly from Mackay (MKY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MKY - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
30h 7m£506–1,434Fly Mackay to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Mackay (MKY) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane MKY - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
31h 30m£481–1,394Fly Mackay to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Mackay (MKY) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MKY - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
32h 29m£528–1,532Fly Mackay to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Mackay (MKY) to Newcastle (NCL)plane MKY - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
34h 58m£598–1,747Train to Whitsunday Coast Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Mackay to Proserpinetrain
- Fly from Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PPP - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
33h 42m£630–2,144Train to Whitsunday Coast Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Mackay to Proserpinetrain
- Fly from Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PPP - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
35h 15m£603–2,097Drive to Moranbah Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Drive from Mackay to Moranbah Airport (MOV)car
- Fly from Moranbah Airport (MOV) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MOV - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
33h 23m£535–1,505Fly Mackay to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Mackay (MKY) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane MKY - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
33h 46m£575–1,535
Mackay (MKY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mackay to Ayr is to fly and train which costs £480 - £1,400 and takes 31h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Mackay to Ayr is to fly and train which takes 30h 7m and costs £500 - £1,500.
The distance between Mackay and Ayr is 9802 miles.
It takes approximately 30h 7m to get from Mackay to Ayr, including transfers.
Ayr is 9h behind Mackay. It is currently 6:50 PM in Mackay and 9:50 AM in Ayr.
There are 517+ hotels available in Ayr.
What companies run services between Mackay, QLD, Australia and Ayr, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Mackay to Ayr. However, you can fly to Edinburgh Airport (EDI), walk to Edinburgh Airport, take the vehicle to Haymarket, walk to Haymarket, take the train to Glasgow Queen Street, walk to Glasgow Central, then take the train to Ayr. Alternatively, you can fly to Glasgow Airport (GLA), walk to Terminal Building, take the line 757 bus to Brick Lane, walk to Paisley Gilmour Street, then take the train to Ayr.
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Mackay to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Edinburgh Airport via Rockhampton, Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Manchester Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Manchester Airport via Rockhampton, Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,400
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–1,800
Flights from Moranbah Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Birmingham Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Birmingham Airport via Rockhampton, Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Birmingham Airport via Townsville, Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Mackay to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Edinburgh Airport via Rockhampton, Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Manchester Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Manchester Airport via Rockhampton, Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,400
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–1,800
Flights from Moranbah Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Birmingham Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Birmingham Airport via Rockhampton, Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Birmingham Airport via Townsville, Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,400
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Mackay to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,500
Flights from Mackay to Edinburgh Airport via Rockhampton, Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,500
Flights from Mackay to Glasgow Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £480–1,500
Flights from Mackay to Manchester Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £480–1,500
Flights from Mackay to Newcastle via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,900
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Glasgow Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,900
Flights from Moranbah Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £490–1,500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Mackay to Glasgow Airport via Brisbane, Doha, Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Glasgow Airport via Brisbane, Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,400
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Glasgow Airport via Brisbane, Doha, Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–1,800
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Glasgow Airport via Brisbane, Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Mackay to Glasgow Airport via Brisbane, Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,400
Flights from Mackay to Newcastle via Brisbane, Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Glasgow Airport via Brisbane, Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–1,800
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,900
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Glasgow Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,900
Flights from Moranbah Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £490–1,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Mackay to Newcastle via Brisbane, Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 37m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Mackay to Manchester Airport via Townsville, Cairns, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £380–2,300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Mackay to Newcastle via Brisbane, Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–26
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Mackay to Proserpine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–238
- 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
- £12–23
- AChoice
- £11–15
- Gold Class
- £190
- Heritage Class
- £238
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