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Adelaide (ADL) – Sydney (SYD)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,166 km
725 mi · 630 nm
Flight time
2 h 10 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
30 min
CO2 per passenger
146 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (87 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
1,900,844
May 2025 – Apr 2026 · +0.9%
Flights / week
265
Both directions, average
Seats filled
81%
2,359,902 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

Traffic: BITRE (Australia), domestic airline activity by city pair, May 2025 – Apr 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

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

The way there

Heading from ADL
88°
Heading from SYD
261°
Halfway point
-34.61, 144.89
Great-circle km
1,164 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Sydney is 30 min ahead of Adelaide

The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: October 2025: 178,703 passengers
0100K200KMayJunJulAugSepOct178.7KNovDecJanFebMarApr
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Month Passengers
May 2025147,206
Jun 2025138,267
Jul 2025159,221
Aug 2025145,720
Sep 2025152,506
Oct 2025178,703
Nov 2025171,128
Dec 2025175,970
Jan 2026157,838
Feb 2026137,951
Mar 2026166,475
Apr 2026169,859
Flights per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: April 2026: 1,258 flights
05001K1.5KMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarApr1.3K
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Month Flights
May 20251,099
Jun 20251,061
Jul 20251,185
Aug 20251,123
Sep 20251,148
Oct 20251,188
Nov 20251,145
Dec 20251,255
Jan 20261,153
Feb 20261,005
Mar 20261,151
Apr 20261,258

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 1,164 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.

More routes from ADL

Route Distance Passengers / year
ADL → MEL642 km 2,409,362
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 SYD

Route Distance Passengers / year
SYD → MEL706 km 8,091,178
SYD → BNE751 km 4,431,416
SYD → OOL678 km 2,609,754
SYD → SIN6,288 km 1,758,167
SYD → PER3,284 km 1,742,359
SYD → AKL2,164 km 1,321,410
SYD → HKG7,372 km 1,065,358
SYD → CNS1,967 km 916,051
SYD → DPS4,620 km 846,035
SYD → HBA1,037 km 841,310

Questions

Adelaide (ADL) and Sydney (SYD) are 1,166 km (725 miles, 630 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.