There are 8 ways to get from Manchester to Mackay by plane, train, or car
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Fly Manchester Airport to Mackay
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Mackay (MKY)plane MAN - MKY
29h 42m$857–2,413Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Mackay
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Mackay (MKY)plane BHX - MKY
31h 1m$909–2,521Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Mackay
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mackay (MKY)plane LHR - MKY
31h 52m$943–4,950Fly Manchester Airport to Moranbah Airport, drive
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Moranbah Airport (MOV)plane MAN - MOV
- Drive from Moranbah Airport (MOV) to Mackaycar
34h 58m$1,637–4,063Fly Manchester Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP)plane MAN - PPP
- Take the train from Proserpine to Mackaytrain
45h 2m$1,068–2,823Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Whitsunday Coast Airport, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP)plane BHX - PPP
- Take the train from Proserpine to Mackaytrain
34h 27m$1,420–4,031Fly Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport, drive
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane MAN - TSV
- Drive from Townsville-Airport-TSV to Mackaycar
30h 20m$1,177–2,823Fly Manchester Airport to Rockhampton, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Rockhampton (ROK)plane MAN - ROK
- Take the train from Rockhampton to Mackaytrain
36h 18m$999–4,015
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Mackay (MKY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Mackay is to fly which costs $850 - $2,500 and takes 29h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Mackay is to fly which takes 29h 42m and costs $850 - $2,500.
The distance between Manchester and Mackay is 15710 km.
It takes approximately 29h 42m to get from Manchester to Mackay, including transfers.
Mackay is 9h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 4:49 PM in Manchester and 1:49 AM in Mackay.
There are 72+ hotels available in Mackay.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Mackay, QLD, Australia?
Qatar Airways, Virgin Australia, and four other airlines fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Mackay (MKY) twice daily.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Mackay via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mackay via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mackay via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–4,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mackay via Perth, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mackay via Kuala Lumpur, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Moranbah Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Moranbah Airport via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–10,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Abu Dhabi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–6,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rockhampton via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Mackay via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mackay via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mackay via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–4,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mackay via Kuala Lumpur, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Abu Dhabi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,400
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Mackay via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mackay via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 43h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–9,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–7,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rockhampton via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–7,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Abu Dhabi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Mackay via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mackay via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rockhampton via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Mackay via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mackay via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rockhampton via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Mackay via Hong Kong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rockhampton via Hong Kong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mackay via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,700
- Website
- skytrans.com.au
Flights from Manchester Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–8,500
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Proserpine to Mackay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $21–453
- 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
- $24–45
- AChoice
- $22–29
- Gold Class
- $362
- Heritage Class
- $453
Train from Rockhampton to Mackay
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–1,195
- 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
- $40–70
- AChoice
- $60–80
- Gold Class
- $954
- Heritage Class
- $1,195
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