WLG - SYD

$205 Find Cheap Flights from Wellington to Sydney

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Wellington to Sydney departing on 10/9. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap Flights from Wellington to Sydney (WLG-SYD)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Wellington to Sydney that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Wellington to Sydney

Wed, 10 Sep - Sun, 14 Sep
Jetstar Logo
15:00 - 22:15WLG-SYD
9h 15m1 stop
Jetstar Logo
06:00 - 13:55SYD-WLG
5h 55m1 stop
$471Jetstar
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Wed, 10 Sep - Sun, 14 Sep
Jetstar Logo
15:00 - 07:25WLG-SYD
18h 25m1 stop
Jetstar Logo
06:00 - 13:55SYD-WLG
5h 55m1 stop
$472Jetstar
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Wed, 10 Sep - Wed, 17 Sep
Jetstar Logo
15:00 - 22:15WLG-SYD
9h 15m1 stop
Jetstar Logo
06:00 - 13:55SYD-WLG
5h 55m1 stop
$502Jetstar
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Mon, 8 Dec - Fri, 12 Dec
Air New Zealand Logo
15:55 - 17:40WLG-SYD
3h 45mdirect
Air New Zealand Logo
17:55 - 07:50SYD-WLG
11h 55m1 stop
$531Air New Zealand
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Mon, 8 Dec - Thu, 11 Dec
Air New Zealand Logo
15:55 - 17:40WLG-SYD
3h 45mdirect
Air New Zealand Logo
20:15 - 07:50SYD-WLG
9h 35m1 stop
$532Air New Zealand
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Tue, 11 Nov - Thu, 13 Nov
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09:05 - 13:45WLG-SYD
6h 40m1 stop
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06:15 - 16:45SYD-WLG
8h 30m1 stop
Mon, 8 Dec - Thu, 11 Dec
Air New Zealand Logo
14:55 - 21:45WLG-SYD
8h 50m1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
20:15 - 07:50SYD-WLG
9h 35m1 stop
$543Air New Zealand
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Mon, 8 Dec - Thu, 11 Dec
Air New Zealand Logo
14:55 - 21:45WLG-SYD
8h 50m1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
20:15 - 07:50SYD-WLG
9h 35m1 stop
$545Air New Zealand
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Mon, 8 Dec - Thu, 11 Dec
Air New Zealand Logo
15:55 - 17:40WLG-SYD
3h 45mdirect
Air New Zealand Logo
18:50 - 00:05SYD-WLG
3h 15mdirect
$546Air New Zealand
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Mon, 8 Dec - Fri, 12 Dec
Air New Zealand Logo
15:55 - 17:40WLG-SYD
3h 45mdirect
Air New Zealand Logo
18:50 - 00:05SYD-WLG
3h 15mdirect
$548Air New Zealand
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Wellington to Sydney flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Wellington to Sydney to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Wellington to Sydney?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Wellington to Sydney clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Wellington to Sydney, you should consider leaving on a Sunday and avoid Saturdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Wellington, you’ll find the best rates on Wednesdays and the most expensive ones on Saturdays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Wellington to Sydney?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Wellington to Sydney, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Wellington to Sydney is March, where tickets cost $535 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $748 and $662 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Wellington to Sydney?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop stopover the cheapest option at $549 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Wellington to Sydney?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Wellington to Sydney, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Wellington to Sydney, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 22% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonMarch
Cheapest flight$205
Best time to beat the crowds (12% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (23% more expensive on average)
Flight from Wellington to Sydney

When to book flights from Wellington to Sydney

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Wellington to Sydney based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Wellington to Sydney

  • What is the cheapest flight from Wellington to Sydney?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Wellington to Sydney was $133 for a one-way ticket and $305 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Wellington to Sydney?

    Wellington airport is called Wellington and the only airport in Sydney is Sydney Kingsford Smith.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Wellington to Sydney?

    The Boeing 737-800 Passenger/BBJ2 (winglets) is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Wellington to Sydney flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Wellington to Sydney?

    oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Wellington and Sydney, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Wellington to Sydney?

    There are direct flights from Wellington to Sydney on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Wellington to Sydney, Emirates or Air New Zealand?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Wellington to Sydney are Emirates and Air New Zealand. With an average price for the route of $668 and an overall rating of 8.1, Emirates is the most popular choice. Air New Zealand is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $608 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Wellington to Sydney?

    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 Wellington to Sydney.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Wellington to Sydney?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Sydney from Wellington is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Wellington to Sydney?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Sydney with an airline and back to Wellington with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Wellington to Sydney?

    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 to Sydney from Wellington up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Wellington to Sydney

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $327 or less one-way and $482 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Wellington to Sydney Kingsford Smith?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Wellington to Sydney Kingsford Smith.
Find which airlines fly direct from Wellington Airport to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Wellington to Sydney Kingsford Smith

Monday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +16 more

ANA, Air Canada, +17 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +17 more

ANA, Air Canada, +18 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +17 more

ANA, Air Canada, +18 more

Thursday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +17 more

ANA, Air Canada, +18 more

Friday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +17 more

ANA, Air Canada, +18 more

Saturday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, +17 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +18 more

Sunday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +17 more

ANA, Air Canada, +18 more

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Direct returns

Sydney Kingsford Smith to Wellington

Monday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +17 more

ANA, Air Canada, +18 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +16 more

ANA, Air Canada, +17 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +17 more

ANA, Air Canada, +18 more

Thursday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +17 more

ANA, Air Canada, +18 more

Friday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +17 more

ANA, Air Canada, +18 more

Saturday

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, +17 more

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +18 more

Sunday

Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, +17 more

Air China, Air India, +18 more

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Wellington to Sydney

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Wellington to Sydney. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Wellington to Sydney? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3299 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.9Food
8.1Boarding
8.2Entertainment
8.3Crew
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They cancelled our flight, rebooked, cancelled that one. We are now flying New Zealand Air and need a refund please. How do we get it?

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, May 2025SYD - WLG
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They cancelled our flight, rebooked, cancelled that one. We are now flying New Zealand Air and need a refund please. How do we get it?

Food no so good. Extra charge to much for front seats cost me £163 then other people sat near me for nothing 🤬

Everything I was good except food quality is very poor

Boarding for business class passengers can be improved. Also, when debarking the aircraft, Economy passengers are let off first due the way the configuration of the cabin upstairs.

It was great, a little more leg room would have been better particularly since we were in premium economy

Overall was a good experience and this particular flight the crew were great too at least in business class. It’s not always the case with flydubai. Few things would make me think twice in the future on this route. 1. The arrival into T3 might sound good but it is a real pain as it takes almost 30 mins to get to terminal on the bus as the aircraft still park at T2. The bag takes even longer . If they just let us off at T2, I’d be home within 30 mins of walking off the plane. Instead it takes 1.5 hours. 2. Due to the timing, the very tiny lounge in Penang is so crowded because half the lounge is closed for Qatar crew. Hardly anywhere to sit. 3. Flydubai app and site has a long way to go and using it is very unpleasant.

Good food, real silverware, polite staff, smooth landing, charging plugs, good entertainment options.

The service on board was excellent, the flight wasn’t overbooked and we departed and arrived on time.

Ticket price is competitive, flight time is punctual, aircraft cabin is clean, food is average. Can improve on serving system of meals on a A380 airbus. I had only 15 min to eat my meal. There are lots of people to serve & took a while for food to make it down to my row.

Delayed, Bad American style food (not tasty, horrible cheese for a flight to France). Incompetent cabin crew (I asked how to connect by cable my headphones and the flight attendant suggested me Bluetooth which is not available). Good space

Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

I flew United from San Francisco to Auckland. My connecting flight from Auckland to Christchurch was canceled with no explanation. I was finally told the cancellation was due to fog. Even though it was clear when we landed. I am from San Francisco, I know what fog is! And I didn't see any fog. I was told the next available flight was 7 hours later. Unacceptable, they should have had a flight ready to go as soon as it was deemed safe to take off.

Our original flight was cancelled from SFO to AKL on 6/16/25. So we had to stay overnight at a hotel after a 12-hour layover plus 3-hour delay before the cancellation. Then had to fly to LA and then to AKL the following day losing an entire day of our vacation in NZ, that we can never get back.

Two hours was not enough time to transition from the international to domestic terminal. You have to go through customs, a biological hazard check, gather your luggage, take a bus to the domestic terminal and recheck your luggage. The bus was slow and crowded and the lines to recheck your bags were very long. We missed our connecting flight. Initially, the Air New Zealand officials were not helpful at all in helping to get us on another flight. Told us we would have to buy another ticket for a flight 11 hours later. Found another agent that was more helpful. He helped arrange to get us on standby for another flight three hours later. Had to ride in jump seats next to the flight attendants, but at least we eventually got to out destination.

Great! Flight was delayed by 30 mins but all was great. Thanks.

The 10hr flight was a comfortable as it could be in row 57. The food was just very bad….bland and soggy!

I love the “boarding from the back” idea - it’s so much better than the “Zones” idea that many others use. Also, the inflight wifi was a first for me! Very nice to have on a 13-hour flight!

Again, Air New Zealand was great. They kept bathrooms clean, food was actually very good, New Zealand wines a big hit

Arriving at Coolangatta, rows 20 forward, took the airbridge across to the terminal. It was suggested to those from rows 21 back, that we take the rear stairs and to be careful crossing the tarmac. That was all well and good. However, when we got across to the terminal we then had to climb three large flights of stairs to meet up with those coming across the airbridge. No elevator! There were people carrying babies and elderly carrying hand luggage that needed assistance from others.. There was no option to turn back.

It was good for a short domestic flight. As no food ar entertainment provided, there should be a n/a rating available for those.

Business class points redemption - good value for points paid, dubious value if out of your own pocket, domestic class business product okay for this length of flight. The flight left and arrived on time, crew were good, aircraft was a bit old and tired, but still miles ahead of their competitors in Virgin and Jetstar.

Airline running better than post Covid, proper boarding process now implemented, some aircraft feeling a bit old and tired, crew fine, online experience better.

Five hour flight instead of four hours due to westerly headwinds which wasn’t the fault of Qantas !

The wifi was out. Otherwise it was great flight. Richard, as CSM, was excellent.

Was bumped to a later flight because of inefficiency on part of the airline.

The Emerits/Qantas flight was cancelled to Wellington. We need a refund. Had to buy another airline ticket. How do we get the refund. Still not in Wellington.

Delayed QF59 flight once again, Qantas doesn't fail in maintaining there delayed departures and arrivals. USB points do not work nor do the power point sockets on the plane, Qantas staff admitted that on the flight. Don't expect to your charge devices. Saving grace, was the ice cream. Bottom line, if you expect to fly to HND and make it on time avoid Qantas and if you're interested in ice cream - visit 7/11.

Pretty excellent. I don’t know what the pilot could have done better with the bumping ( there was a storm) nor what happened to my ears coming down into bendigo. It doesn’t happen coming down into Sydney just the return flight. I wonder why?

Loved the staff. The economy seats could have been bigger.

Airport and crew experience was excellent. We had to queue for the runway - no one’s fault, but it did mean we were 30 minutes late leaving

It was better than I expected. Thought $5 for a small cup of tea was a bit much!

Overall good trip I find seats a bit hard. We were waiting on board for about an hour for 2 passengers with some document issue. This main our arrival late for our pickup person.

15kg allowance is outrageous. Change of time a few days before departure and more than 2 hours of delay in the end. The worse we’ve taken so far in Oceania.

They added the weight of my back to the carryon luggage and charged me NZ$75 for being over 7 kg.

stuck in the aircraft for over three hours due to engineering work, significantly delayed and made a lot of passengers missed the connecting transport, no mention any compensation

Very quiet plane!! One of the quietest planes we have been on.

Jetsatar refused to take my foldable stroller in the plane, despite following all the rules on dimensions and packaging. Similar thing happened on our previous fight. However, at that instance, they offered to check in the stroller. At this fight, the staff was rude, trying to rush us to board the flight. They made excuses that the stroller was not allowed and even offer to leave it behind and ship it back at our own cost. Fortunately, we had someone else attending. Since the flight was about to take off, they left it behind and send it back to us on the next available flight.

Overall, it was good. The only concern was that I couldn't charge my phone because the USB port didn't work after we took off. One of the crew members tried to restart it but never came back to me with an update.

Comfortable seats, boarding was easy and staff were very nice.

Flight was fine but a domestic flight was called by Jetstar international. This meant going through immigration and custom scanning twice. Long queues were experienced which were frustrating. We were using a wheelchair and exit at Perth needed a scissor lift as no air bridge provided. No fast lane at Perth for wheelchair. The staff were helpful but this system is poor.

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