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Adelaide (ADL) – Melbourne (MEL)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
642 km
399 mi · 346 nm
Flight time
1 h 35 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
30 min
CO2 per passenger
81 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (48 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
2,409,362
May 2025 – Apr 2026 · +3.6%
Flights / week
333
Both directions, average
Seats filled
83%
2,891,663 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
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Not named in this source

Traffic: BITRE (Australia), domestic airline activity by city pair, May 2025 – Apr 2026. BITRE reports cities, not airports: the Melbourne figures can include Avalon (AVV). Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from ADL to MELADLMEL
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from ADL
120°
Heading from MEL
296°
Halfway point
-36.35, 141.63
Great-circle km
641 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Melbourne is 30 min ahead of Adelaide

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: November 2025: 217,868 passengers
0100K200K300KMayJunJulAugSepOctNov217.9KDecJanFebMarApr
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Month Passengers
May 2025189,638
Jun 2025178,317
Jul 2025198,674
Aug 2025197,072
Sep 2025196,205
Oct 2025215,657
Nov 2025217,868
Dec 2025215,285
Jan 2026191,251
Feb 2026183,057
Mar 2026214,860
Apr 2026211,478
Flights per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 1,540 flights
01K2KMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar1.5KApr
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Month Flights
May 20251,338
Jun 20251,324
Jul 20251,433
Aug 20251,403
Sep 20251,459
Oct 20251,479
Nov 20251,504
Dec 20251,515
Jan 20261,414
Feb 20261,367
Mar 20261,540
Apr 20261,520

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 641 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Adelaide and Melbourne

MELMEBMBWAVV
ADL642649678633

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Melbourne airports

More routes from ADL

Route Distance Passengers / year
ADL → SYD1,166 km 1,900,844
ADL → BNE1,621 km 901,930
ADL → PER2,120 km 726,868
ADL → SIN5,392 km 320,936
ADL → OOL1,606 km 288,246
ADL → DPS3,753 km 286,419
ADL → CBR972 km 196,565
ADL → PLO246 km 168,453
ADL → KUL5,672 km 164,572
ADL → DOH11,314 km 114,266

More routes from MEL

Route Distance Passengers / year
MEL → SYD706 km 8,091,178
MEL → BNE1,379 km 3,691,322
MEL → OOL1,328 km 2,216,157
MEL → PER2,706 km 2,113,102
MEL → SIN6,024 km 1,739,044
MEL → HBA617 km 1,457,845
MEL → DPS4,376 km 1,146,291
MEL → AKL2,643 km 1,091,173
MEL → CBR470 km 967,607
MEL → LST476 km 896,661

Questions

Adelaide (ADL) and Melbourne (MEL) are 642 km (399 miles, 346 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.