- Great circle
- 4,622 km
- 2,872 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 6h 15m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 33.9°S
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 11.5%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 137th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Sydney the path crosses Australia, then 1,248 km of open water.
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.
Leaving Sydney the aircraft points north-west (299°); it arrives into Bali heading north-west (313°). 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 Bali, asked and answered
- How far is Sydney to Bali?
- Sydney to Bali (SYD to DPS) is 4,622 km, or 2,872 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Sydney to Bali?
- About 6h 15m 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 Bali flight take?
- The great circle passes over Australia, then 1,248 km of open water. 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.
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