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If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Townsville on a Friday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Monday is the most expensive day to fly from Brisbane to Townsville. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Saturday and avoiding Tuesdays for the best deals.

The cheapest month for flights from Brisbane to Townsville is January, where tickets cost $172 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and September, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $273 and $243 respectively.

Brisbane and Townsville are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Qantas Airways (36 flights per week), Virgin Australia (29 flights per week), and Jetstar (14 flights per week).

There are 2 airlines that fly nonstop from Brisbane to Townsville. They are Jetstar and Virgin Australia. The cheapest airline for this route is Jetstar, with the best round-trip deal found costing $158. On average, the best prices for this route can be found at Jetstar.

Weekly flights between Brisbane and Townsville historically see delays in approximately 16% of cases, with the average delay over the past year being 95 minutes.

Typically, flights leaving in the morning tend to face fewer delays, whereas flights at night have historically encountered delays more often.

Statistically, Saturday is the day of the week with the fewest delays on this flight route, while Tuesday has typically experienced more delays than other days.

Based on our data, Virgin Australia have experienced the fewest delays on this route in the past 12 months, with only about 9% of their flights encountering any delays.

There is only one cabin class option available for the route, which is Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

Each day, there are between 8 and 14 nonstop flights that take off from Brisbane and land in Townsville, with an average flight time of 2h 09m. The most common departure time is 2:00 pm and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 79 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Friday, when 18% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Saturday.