Auckland (AKL) – Melbourne (MEL)
- Distance
- 2,643 km
- 1,643 mi · 1,427 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 55 min
- Estimate from distance
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 332 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (196 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,091,173
- Jul 2025 – Jun 2026 · +2.6%
- Flights / week
- —
- Not in this source
- Seats filled
- —
- Airlines nonstop
- —
- Not named in this source
Traffic: BITRE (Australia), international airline activity by city pair, Jul 2025 – Jun 2026. BITRE reports cities, not airports: the Melbourne figures can include Avalon (AVV). Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from AKL
- 259°
- Heading from MEL
- 98°
- Halfway point
- -38.30, 159.88
- Great-circle km
- 2,637 km (sphere, for EU261)
- Clocks
- Melbourne is 2 h behind Auckland
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | 80,029 |
| Aug 2025 | 73,004 |
| Sep 2025 | 82,859 |
| Oct 2025 | 95,377 |
| Nov 2025 | 101,900 |
| Dec 2025 | 115,524 |
| Jan 2026 | 118,146 |
| Feb 2026 | 86,533 |
| Mar 2026 | 101,504 |
| Apr 2026 | 90,537 |
| May 2026 | 75,650 |
| Jun 2026 | 70,110 |
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 2,637 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 Auckland and Melbourne
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Melbourne airports