- Great circle
- 1,164 km
- 723 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 1h 57m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 34.9°S
- at 100% along
- One lap of Earth
- 2.9%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 242nd longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Sydney the path crosses Australia.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 34.9°S, 100% of the way along.
Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.
Leaving Sydney the aircraft points west (261°); it arrives into Adelaide heading west (268°). That is 7° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
SYD
Sydney Kingsford Smith
Sydney, Australia · Oceania
33.9°S, 151.2°E
Sydney to Adelaide, asked and answered
- How far is Sydney to Adelaide?
- Sydney to Adelaide (SYD to ADL) is 1,164 km, or 723 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Sydney to Adelaide?
- About 1h 57m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
- What route does a Sydney to Adelaide flight take?
- The great circle passes over Australia. It reaches 34.9°S at its furthest from the equator.
Where these numbers come from
Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.
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