There are 7 ways to get from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mackay by plane, bus, car, or train
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Mackay
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mackay (MKY)plane LHR - MKY
26h 50m$750–2,400Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Mackay
cheapest- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to South Terminal Bus Stationbus
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Mackay (MKY)plane LGW - MKY
30h 5m$666–1,622Bus to Birmingham Airport, fly to Mackay
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Birmingham Airport Bus Terminalbus
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Mackay (MKY)plane BHX - MKY
31h 15m$938–2,090Fly London Heathrow Airport to Moranbah Airport, drive
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Moranbah Airport (MOV)plane LHR - MOV
- Drive from Moranbah Airport (MOV) to Mackaycar
31h 39m$1,466–4,543Fly London Heathrow Airport to Townsville Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane LHR - TSV
- Take the train from Townsville to Mackaytrain
29h 19m$773–3,464Fly London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP)plane LHR - PPP
- Take the train from Proserpine to Mackaytrain
31h 10m$1,382–4,643Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Whitsunday Coast Airport, train
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to South Terminal Bus Stationbus
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP)plane LGW - PPP
- Take the train from Proserpine to Mackaytrain
37h 20m$1,177–3,432
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mackay (MKY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mackay is to bus and fly which costs $650 - $1,700 and takes 30h 5m.
The fastest way to get from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mackay is to fly which takes 26h 50m and costs $750 - $2,400.
The distance between London Heathrow Airport (LHR) and Mackay is 15746 km.
It takes approximately 26h 50m to fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mackay (MKY), including transfers and time at the airport.
There is no direct flight from London Heathrow Airport Airport to Mackay Airport. The quickest flight takes 27h 25m and has two stopovers.
Mackay is 9h ahead of London Heathrow Airport (LHR). It is currently 10:04 PM in London Heathrow Airport (LHR) and 7:04 AM in Mackay.
China Southern Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Virgin Australia and two other airlines offer flights from London Heathrow Airport Airport to Mackay Airport.
There are 100+ hotels available in Mackay.
What companies run services between London Heathrow Airport (LHR), England and Mackay, QLD, Australia?
Singapore Airlines, Virgin Australia, and three other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mackay (MKY) every 4 hours.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mackay via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mackay via Perth, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mackay via Kuala Lumpur, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mackay via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mackay via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Moranbah Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Moranbah Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–5,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Moranbah Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Moranbah Airport via Hong Kong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–6,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Townsville Airport via Singapore Changi, Darwin
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 37m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Townsville Airport via Perth, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Townsville Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Townsville Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Townsville Airport via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–4,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Colombo, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–4,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Hong Kong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–6,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mackay via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mackay via Kuala Lumpur, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mackay via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mackay via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Hong Kong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Townsville Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–4,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Colombo, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–4,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Hong Kong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–6,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mackay via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mackay via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Hong Kong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–6,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mackay via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mackay via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Hong Kong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–6,500
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mackay via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mackay via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Hong Kong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–6,500
- 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
- $750–2,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mackay via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mackay via Shanghai Pudong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
- Website
- allianceairlines.com.au
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Moranbah Airport via Hong Kong, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–6,000
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Moranbah Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–11,000
- Website
- flyairnorth.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Townsville Airport via Singapore Changi, Darwin
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- Queensland Rail Travel
Train from Townsville to Mackay
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–1,386
- Book at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Website
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Schedules at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- BQuick
- $45–75
- AChoice
- $65–90
- Gold Class
- $1,106
- Heritage Class
- $1,386
Train from Proserpine to Mackay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $21–453
- Book at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Website
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Schedules at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- BQuick
- $24–45
- AChoice
- $22–29
- Gold Class
- $362
- Heritage Class
- $453
Train from Proserpine to Mackay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $21–453
- Book at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Website
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Schedules at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- BQuick
- $24–45
- AChoice
- $22–29
- Gold Class
- $362
- Heritage Class
- $453
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Birmingham Airport Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Oxford Bus Company
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–22
- Website
- Oxford Bus Company
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–22
- Website
- Oxford Bus Company
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