Which airport do you fly into for Melbourne?

Melbourne (MEL) is the airport serving Melbourne.

How far is Melbourne from Sydney?

706 km (438 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 23m in the air.

Melbourne is in Australia, in Oceania, at 37.7°S — the southern hemisphere.

Australia · Oceania

Flights to Melbourne: how far it is, and from where

Melbourne sits at 37.7°S, 144.8°E, served by Melbourne (MEL). Below are 5 routes into it, with the great circle distance and an estimated flying time for each.

This page is about distance and geography — there are no fares or schedules on it. For tickets, use a booking site; for how far it actually is and what you fly over to get there, you’re in the right place.

Routes here: 5; in the catalogue
Nearest: 706 km; from Sydney
Furthest: 12,758 km; from Los Angeles
Airports: 1; MEL

How far Melbourne is from everywhere else

Great circle distance between the airports, and an estimate of the time in the air. Every row links to the route in full.

From		Distance	Estimated	Direction
Sydney	SYD	706 km	1h 23m	barely any time shift
Auckland	AKL	2,637 km	3h 47m	westbound — the easier direction
Perth	PER	2,700 km	3h 51m	eastbound — the harder direction
Los Angeles	LAX	12,758 km	16h 21m	westbound — the easier direction
Los Angeles	LAX	12,758 km	16h 21m	westbound — the easier direction

What Melbourne adds to a map

Melbourne puts a pin in Australia, and Oceania is one of the seven continents — the coarsest and most useful measure of how much of the world a flight map actually covers. The furthest route here, from Los Angeles, is 12,758 km: 31.8% of one lap of the Earth in a single flight.

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