Find Cheap Flights from Sunshine Coast to Great Barrier Reef – Compare and Save

KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Sunshine Coast to Great Barrier Reef.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Sunshine Coast to Great Barrier Reef is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Sunshine Coast to Great Barrier Reef with an airline and back with another airline.

Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Sunshine Coast to Great Barrier Reef up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

There are 9 airports in Great Barrier Reef. The busiest airport is Cairns Airport (CNS), with 58% of all flights arriving there.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Great Barrier Reef is Wednesday when return tickets can be as cheap as $219. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, when return prices are $292 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Great Barrier Reef is generally in the evening, when retur flights cost $196 on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Great Barrier Reef is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $268.

The cheapest ticket to Great Barrier Reef from Sunshine Coast found in the last 5 days was to Cairns, at $496 return. The most popular route is Maroochydore (MCY) to Cairns (CNS) and the cheapest return ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $496.

The cheapest month for flights from Sunshine Coast to Great Barrier Reef is November, when tickets cost $95 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $322 and $316 respectively.

To get a below-average price on a flight from Sunshine Coast to Great Barrier Reef, you should book around 9 weeks before departure, which saves you about 7% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

From Sunshine Coast, there are direct flights to Great Barrier Reef from one city. This city is Maroochydore and there are 8 direct flights each week.

There are around 2 direct flights from within Sunshine Coast to Great Barrier Reef every day. All flights depart in the afternoon.

Each week there are around 8 direct flights from within Sunshine Coast to Great Barrier Reef. The most common day for departures is Tuesday, with 25% of flights taking off on this day.

An average direct flight from Sunshine Coast to Great Barrier Reef takes 5h 50m, covering a distance of 1899 km. The shortest route is Maroochydore (MCY) to Cairns (CNS) with an average flight time of 2h 10m.

There aren’t any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) flights to Great Barrier Reef. Instead, there are 8 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Maroochydore.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Cairns (95% of total searches to Great Barrier Reef). The next most popular destination is Townsville (5%).