Airport

PARKING GUIDETullamarine

Melbourne Airport Parking Drive-Up Rates 2026: Value $17 a Day, Terminal $62 a Day, Wait Zone Free for 60 Minutes (Melbourne, VIC)

Terminal 4 exterior and car park, Melbourne Airport (2018)

Without a booking, parking at Melbourne Airport costs $17 a day in the Value car parks and $62 a day in the Terminal car parks, according to the airport’s drive-up rates effective 1 July 2026. The Terminal car parks give the first 15 minutes free, and the Wait Zone near the Tullamarine Freeway is free for up to 60 minutes if you are collecting someone.

PARKING GUIDESunshine Coast Airport

Sunshine Coast Airport Parking: Short Term $19 for 24 Hours Online, Long Term First Hour Free, Covered and Park Value Drive-Up Rates (Sunshine Coast, QLD)

Sunshine Coast Airport terminal

Sunshine Coast Airport lists four car parks. The Short Term car park costs $19 for up to 24 hours when booked online, the airport says, and the same car park charges $13 for 10 to 60 minutes and $36 for 4 to 24 hours to drive-up customers, as of October 2026.

PARKING GUIDEWilliamtown · Newcastle Airport

Newcastle Airport Parking Rates: Long Stay Saver Free for 2 Hours, $33 for 4 to 24 Hours, and Five Car Parks Compared (Newcastle, NSW)

Newcastle Airport terminal sign at Williamtown

Parking at Newcastle Airport is free for the first 2 hours in the Long Stay Saver car park, then $12 up to 3 hours, $20 up to 4 hours and $33 for 4 to 24 hours, according to the airport’s drive-up price table as of October 2026. The airport has five car parks, and the Short Stay car park costs $10 for the first hour.

PARKING GUIDECanberra Airport

Canberra Airport Parking: 10 Minutes Free, Outdoor $32.50 a Day, Indoor $44.50, Express From $3.50 (Canberra, ACT)

Canberra Airport terminal seen from the airside

Canberra Airport has four public car parks plus an Express car park, and the cheapest is outdoor parking, which is free for the first 10 minutes and costs $32.50 for a stay of 7 hours up to a day, as of 1 July 2026. Indoor parking at the terminal costs $44.50 for the same period, and the Express car park starts at $3.50 for up to 20 minutes.

TRANSPORT GUIDEMaroochydore · Sunshine Coast Airport

Sunshine Coast Airport by Bus, Shuttle, Taxi and Rideshare: Route 622 Hourly, 50 Cents a Trip, Pick-Up Fees and Where to Stand (Sunshine Coast, QLD)

Sunshine Coast Airport terminal

Translink route 622 leaves Sunshine Coast Airport every hour and runs to Maroochydore and Noosa Junction, and costs 50 cents a journey if you pay with a contactless card or a go card. Taxis and rideshare each add a $4.32 (+GST) pick-up fee, and a shuttle service runs from the bays behind the taxi rank.

TRANSPORT GUIDENewcastle CBD · Williamtown

Newcastle Airport to the City by Bus: Port Stephens Coaches to Newcastle Interchange, Hunter Valley Buses and How to Pay (Newcastle, NSW)

A Port Stephens Coaches bus at Salamander Bay

Newcastle Airport at Williamtown is served by two public bus operators, and the Port Stephens Coaches buses to Newcastle Interchange take between 29 and 40 minutes in the operator’s timetable. You pay with an Opal card or by tapping on and off with an American Express, Mastercard or Visa card, as of October 2026.

TRANSPORT GUIDECanberra Airport · Civic

Canberra Airport to the City by Bus: Rapid 3 Runs Seven Days, About 25 Minutes on Weekdays (Canberra, ACT)

Canberra Airport bus stop, June 2026

Canberra Airport is connected to the City by Transport Canberra’s Rapid 3 bus, which runs seven days a week including public holidays. On weekdays the timetable puts the first bus from the airport at 5:55am and the last at 10:52pm, with a bus about every 15 minutes through most of the day, and on weekends a bus every 30 minutes.

TRANSPORT GUIDEMelbourne CBD · Tullamarine

Melbourne Airport to the City: SkyBus, Route 901, Taxi and Pick-Up Options, Fares and Hours (Melbourne, VIC)

SkyBus double deck bus, West Melbourne

The direct way from Melbourne Airport to the city centre is the SkyBus Melbourne City Express, which runs to Southern Cross Station from 4am to 1am every day, with departures every 10 minutes and an average journey of 30 minutes. An adult ticket is $25.90 one way or $43.40 return, as of October 2026, and Transport Victoria says you can’t use a myki on it.

TRANSPORT GUIDESydney CBD · Mascot

Sydney Airport to the City: Train, Bus and Taxi Options, Fees and Fares Explained (Sydney, NSW)

Sydney Domestic Airport station

Sydney Airport says the trip to the city takes 13 minutes by train, about 20 minutes by taxi and about 25 minutes by car in light traffic. A station access fee of $18.61 for an adult is charged on top of the train fare whenever you use the Domestic or International airport station, as of October 2026.

TRANSPORT GUIDEBrisbane Airport

Brisbane Airport to the City: Airtrain Takes 20 Minutes and Costs $23.30, With Taxi, Rideshare and Bus Options (Brisbane, QLD)

Brisbane Airport Domestic Terminal

The Airtrain takes 20 minutes from Brisbane Airport to the city according to Airtrain, the adult fare to any Brisbane City station is $23.30 as of October 2026, and trains run every 15 minutes in weekday peaks and every 30 minutes the rest of the time. Brisbane Airport says a taxi to the city costs $67 to $82 one way and takes about 20 minutes outside peak periods, and rideshare is available from signed pick-up areas at both terminals.