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title: "Flights to Sydney: how far it is, and from where · Orbit"
description: "Great circle distances and estimated flying times to Sydney, Australia, from 19 cities — 706 km at the nearest, 13,836 km at the furthest. Distance and geography, not fares."
url: https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/sydney
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Australia · Oceania

# 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.

| From                                                            |     | Distance  | Estimated | Direction                        |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------- |
| [Melbourne](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-mel)         | MEL | 706 km    | 1h 23m    | barely any time shift            |
| [Brisbane](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-bne)          | BNE | 753 km    | 1h 26m    | barely any time shift            |
| [Adelaide](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-adl)          | ADL | 1,164 km  | 1h 57m    | barely any time shift            |
| [Christchurch](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-chc)      | CHC | 2,126 km  | 3h 09m    | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Auckland](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-akl)          | AKL | 2,159 km  | 3h 11m    | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Port Moresby](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-pom)      | POM | 2,754 km  | 3h 55m    | barely any time shift            |
| [Nadi](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-nan)              | NAN | 3,169 km  | 4h 26m    | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Perth](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-per)             | PER | 3,277 km  | 4h 34m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Bali](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-dps)              | DPS | 4,622 km  | 6h 15m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Singapore](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-sin)         | SIN | 6,293 km  | 8h 19m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Tokyo](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-hnd)             | HND | 7,818 km  | 10h 13m   | barely any time shift            |
| [Honolulu](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnl-to-syd)          | HNL | 8,170 km  | 10h 39m   | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Santiago](https://orbitflights.app/routes/scl-to-syd)          | SCL | 11,340 km | 14h 36m   | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Buenos Aires](https://orbitflights.app/routes/eze-to-syd)      | EZE | 11,767 km | 15h 07m   | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Los Angeles](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-syd)       | LAX | 12,061 km | 15h 29m   | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Vancouver](https://orbitflights.app/routes/yvr-to-syd)         | YVR | 12,501 km | 16h 02m   | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Dallas-Fort Worth](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dfw-to-syd) | DFW | 13,808 km | 17h 40m   | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Dallas-Fort Worth](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-dfw) | DFW | 13,808 km | 17h 40m   | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Houston](https://orbitflights.app/routes/iah-to-syd)           | IAH | 13,836 km | 17h 42m   | westbound — 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.

[What actually counts as a country visited →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/counting-countries)

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