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title: "Sydney to Bali (SYD → DPS): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Sydney to Bali is 4,622 km (2,872 mi) great circle, an estimated 6h 15m 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-dps
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SYD → DPS

# Sydney to Bali: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Sydney Kingsford Smith to Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai is 4,622 km of great circle — 2,872 mi — and an estimated 6h 15m in the air. It crosses from Oceania to Asia.

**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](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 137th longest.

The Sydney to Bali route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## 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.

One economy seat on it is about 655 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[SYD–DPS carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=SYD&to=DPS) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=SYD-DPS)

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

DPS

## Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai

Bali, Indonesia · Asia

8.7°S, 115.2°E

[DPS airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/dps)

## 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.

[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 → PER Sydney to Perth 3,277 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-per) [SYD → NAN Sydney to Nadi 3,169 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-nan) [SYD → SIN Sydney to Singapore 6,293 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-sin) [SYD → POM Sydney to Port Moresby 2,754 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-pom) [SYD → AKL Sydney to Auckland 2,159 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-akl) [SYD → CHC Sydney to Christchurch 2,126 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-chc)

## 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)

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