There are 4 ways to get from Townsville to Phuket by plane, ferry, bus, or train
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Fly Townsville Airport to Phuket International Airport
best- Fly from Townsville Airport (TSV) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane TSV - HKT
15h 40m฿10,559–24,378Fly Townsville Airport to Krabi Airport, ferry
- Fly from Townsville Airport (TSV) to Krabi Airport (KBV)plane TSV - KBV
- Take the ferry from Ao Nang to Rassada Pier Phuketferry
21h 14m฿13,497–45,981Fly Townsville Airport to Hat Yai, bus
- Fly from Townsville Airport (TSV) to Hat Yai (HDY)plane TSV - HDY
- Take the bus from Hat Yai Airport to Phuket Transferbus
21h 40m฿18,890–99,858Train to Cairns, fly to Phuket International Airport
- Take the train from Townsville to Cairns Central Stationtrain
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane CNS - HKT
28h 25m฿12,136–49,817
Townsville Airport (TSV) to Phuket International Airport (HKT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Townsville to Phuket is to train and fly which costs ฿12000 - ฿50000 and takes 28h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Townsville to Phuket is to fly which takes 15h 40m and costs ฿10000 - ฿25000.
The distance between Townsville and Phuket is 6157 km.
It takes approximately 15h 40m to get from Townsville to Phuket, including transfers.
Phuket is 3h behind Townsville. It is currently 4:58 PM in Townsville and 1:58 PM in Phuket.
There are 7315+ hotels available in Phuket.
What companies run services between Townsville, QLD, Australia and Phuket, Thailand?
Virgin Australia, Singapore Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Townsville Airport (TSV) to Phuket International Airport (HKT) 5 times a day.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Townsville Airport to Phuket International Airport via Brisbane, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–75,000
Flights from Townsville Airport to Krabi Airport via Cairns, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,500–65,000
Flights from Townsville Airport to Krabi Airport via Sydney, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
Flights from Townsville Airport to Krabi Airport via Melbourne, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
Flights from Townsville Airport to Hat Yai via Brisbane, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–95,000
Flights from Cairns to Phuket International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,500–65,000
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Townsville Airport to Phuket International Airport via Brisbane, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–75,000
Flights from Cairns to Phuket International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,500–65,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Townsville Airport to Krabi Airport via Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–46,000
Flights from Townsville Airport to Krabi Airport via Sydney, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–45,000
Flights from Townsville Airport to Krabi Airport via Brisbane, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–42,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Townsville Airport to Phuket International Airport via Brisbane, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–38,000
Flights from Townsville Airport to Krabi Airport via Brisbane, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–42,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Townsville Airport to Krabi Airport via Sydney, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
Flights from Townsville Airport to Krabi Airport via Melbourne, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Townsville Airport to Phuket International Airport via Brisbane, Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿10,000–25,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Cairns to Phuket International Airport via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–37,000
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Townsville to Cairns Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ฿1,000–29,718
- 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
- ฿1,000–1,600
- AChoice
- ฿1,400–1,900
- Gold Class
- ฿23,727
- Heritage Class
- ฿29,718
- Phone
- +66 614655695
- [email protected]
- Website
- smartenplus.co.th
Bus from Hat Yai Airport to Phuket Transfer
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–9,000
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/smart-en-plus
- Website
- https://www.smartenplus.co.th/
- Phone
- +66 980 168 181
- [email protected]
- Website
- tigerlineferry.com
Ferry from Ao Nang to Rassada Pier Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿800–4,100
- Website
- https://www.tigerlineferry.com/
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