QLD · Brisbane
Brisbane Airport → Brisbane CBD taxi fare
Catch a metered cab from Brisbane Airport to Brisbane CBD and you’re looking at between A$59.38 and A$68.76 on the day rate, with A$62.51 a fair midpoint. The drive is 17.2 km — about 31 minutes when traffic cooperates.
Estimated fare range
A$59.38 – A$70.30
17.2 km · 31 min typical
Tuesday 8am
A$59.38 – A$68.76
day tariff
Friday 6pm
A$59.38 – A$68.76
day tariff
Saturday 10pm
A$60.71 – A$70.30
night tariff
Includes an estimated A$7.50 in tolls on the usual route.
Editor’s analysis
Brisbane Airport to the CBD is a two-toll trip when the driver uses Airportlink (M7) and Clem7, which is the fastest route. Combined tolls add roughly A$8-10 to the meter, absorbed under Queensland’s regulated toll-recovery rules. The toll-free alternative is Kingsford Smith Drive and Eagle Street — 8-12 minutes slower but visibly cheaper. Brisbane Airport applies a regulated A$3.30 rank surcharge to all pickups, included in the typical meter above.
Late-night arrivals after 10pm step up to Tariff 2; Saturday-night fares from the international terminal regularly run A$60-75 once the night uplift and the rank levy stack. Cruise terminal passengers heading to Portside Wharf or Hamilton get routed through the same arrivals exit as CBD-bound passengers — clarify your destination before the driver commits to the M7 ramp, otherwise the detour back to Hamilton costs about 6 km.
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About this route
Queensland adds a small airport-pickup surcharge to fares starting at Brisbane Airport; that surcharge is already baked into the A$62.51 typical meter shown above. Friday-evening trips from Brisbane Airport to Brisbane CBD price similarly at A$62.51, since the regulated tariff doesn’t shift until the late-night band activates. Account for around A$7.50 in tolls if the driver takes the standard route into Brisbane CBD. The toll-free option is slower but cheaper.
Brisbane’s CBD ranks cluster around Edward Street, King George Square and Queen Street Mall. Standard QLD rank-and-hail rules apply between Brisbane Airport and Brisbane CBD: the driver must run the meter unless a regulated fixed fare is explicitly in effect (so the A$62.51 midpoint above is a maximum, not a quote). Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) sets the metered ceiling reflected here — about A$62.51 on the day rate for the trip into Brisbane CBD.