--- title: "Sydney to Brisbane (SYD → BNE): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "Sydney to Brisbane is 753 km (468 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 26m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map." url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-bne --- SYD → BNE # Sydney to Brisbane: distance, flight time and the route it really takes Sydney Kingsford Smith to Brisbane is 753 km of great circle — 468 mi — and an estimated 1h 26m in the air. Both ends are in Oceania. **Great circle** 753 km 468 mi **Estimated in the air** 1h 26m block time **Furthest from equator** 33.9°S at 0% along **One lap of Earth** 1.9% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 266th longest. The Sydney to Brisbane route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From Sydney the path crosses Australia. The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 33.9°S, 0% 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. The heading barely moves: north out of Sydney, north into Brisbane. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass. One economy seat on it is about 112 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [SYD–BNE carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=SYD&to=BNE) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=SYD-BNE) From SYD ## Sydney Kingsford Smith Sydney, Australia · Oceania 33.9°S, 151.2°E [SYD airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/syd) [Flights to Sydney →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/sydney) To BNE ## Brisbane Brisbane, Australia · Oceania 27.4°S, 153.1°E [BNE airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/bne) ## Sydney to Brisbane, asked and answered **How far is Sydney to Brisbane?** Sydney to Brisbane (SYD to BNE) is 753 km, or 468 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from Sydney to Brisbane?** About 1h 26m 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 Brisbane flight take?** The great circle passes over Australia. It reaches 33.9°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. [Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained) ## Flown this one? Orbit logs it in two taps and draws the arc on your own globe, along with every other flight you can remember. Free for your first 15. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) ## Nearby routes [SYD → MEL Sydney to Melbourne 706 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-mel) [SYD → ADL Sydney to Adelaide 1,164 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-adl) [SYD → CHC Sydney to Christchurch 2,126 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-chc) [SYD → AKL Sydney to Auckland 2,159 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-akl) [BNE → AKL Brisbane to Auckland 2,295 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/bne-to-akl) [SYD → POM Sydney to Port Moresby 2,754 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-pom) ## Further reading [How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-bne for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt