- Great circle
- 2,159 km
- 1,342 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 3h 11m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 37.0°S
- at 100% along
- One lap of Earth
- 5.4%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 191st longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Sydney the path crosses 2,121 km of open water.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 37.0°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 east (106°); it arrives into Auckland heading east (92°). That is 14° 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 Auckland, asked and answered
- How far is Sydney to Auckland?
- Sydney to Auckland (SYD to AKL) is 2,159 km, or 1,342 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Sydney to Auckland?
- About 3h 11m 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 Auckland flight take?
- The great circle passes over 2,121 km of open water. It reaches 37.0°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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