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

Sydney sits at 33.9°S, 151.2°E, served by Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD). Below are 19 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
19
in the catalogue
Nearest
706 km
from Melbourne
Furthest
13,836 km
from Houston
Airports
1
SYD

How far Sydney 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.

FromDistanceEstimatedDirection
MelbourneMEL706 km1h 23mbarely any time shift
BrisbaneBNE753 km1h 26mbarely any time shift
AdelaideADL1,164 km1h 57mbarely any time shift
ChristchurchCHC2,126 km3h 09mwestbound — the easier direction
AucklandAKL2,159 km3h 11mwestbound — the easier direction
Port MoresbyPOM2,754 km3h 55mbarely any time shift
NadiNAN3,169 km4h 26mwestbound — the easier direction
PerthPER3,277 km4h 34meastbound — the harder direction
BaliDPS4,622 km6h 15meastbound — the harder direction
SingaporeSIN6,293 km8h 19meastbound — the harder direction
TokyoHND7,818 km10h 13mbarely any time shift
HonoluluHNL8,170 km10h 39mwestbound — the easier direction
SantiagoSCL11,340 km14h 36mwestbound — the easier direction
Buenos AiresEZE11,767 km15h 07mwestbound — the easier direction
Los AngelesLAX12,061 km15h 29mwestbound — the easier direction
VancouverYVR12,501 km16h 02mwestbound — the easier direction
Dallas-Fort WorthDFW13,808 km17h 40mwestbound — the easier direction
Dallas-Fort WorthDFW13,808 km17h 40mwestbound — the easier direction
HoustonIAH13,836 km17h 42mwestbound — the easier direction

What Sydney adds to a map

Sydney 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 Houston, is 13,836 km: 34.5% of one lap of the Earth in a single flight.

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