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Brisbane (BNE) – Melbourne (MEL)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,379 km
857 mi · 745 nm
Flight time
2 h 25 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h / none
January / July
CO2 per passenger
174 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (103 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
3,691,322
May 2025 – Apr 2026 · +4.0%
Flights / week
511
Both directions, average
Seats filled
84%
4,389,800 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 BNE to MELBNEMEL
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from BNE
212°
Heading from MEL
37°
Halfway point
-32.60, 149.21
Great-circle km
1,381 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
1 h in January, none in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: October 2025: 336,391 passengers
0200K400KMayJunJulAugSepOct336.4KNovDecJanFebMarApr
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Month Passengers
May 2025287,683
Jun 2025279,122
Jul 2025326,556
Aug 2025307,289
Sep 2025317,940
Oct 2025336,391
Nov 2025319,138
Dec 2025333,591
Jan 2026316,962
Feb 2026254,370
Mar 2026307,524
Apr 2026304,756
Flights per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 2,384 flights
01K2K3KMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2.4KJanFebMarApr
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Month Flights
May 20252,140
Jun 20252,080
Jul 20252,344
Aug 20252,136
Sep 20252,321
Oct 20252,303
Nov 20252,244
Dec 20252,384
Jan 20262,294
Feb 20261,931
Mar 20262,263
Apr 20262,151

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 1,381 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 Brisbane and Melbourne

MELMEBMBWAVV
BNE1,3791,3811,3931,432

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

More routes from BNE

Route Distance Passengers / year
BNE → SYD751 km 4,431,416
BNE → CNS1,389 km 1,305,346
BNE → PER3,614 km 1,144,127
BNE → TSV1,110 km 1,015,509
BNE → SIN6,141 km 1,006,075
BNE → AKL2,298 km 925,736
BNE → ADL1,621 km 901,930
BNE → MKY796 km 834,210
BNE → CBR954 km 667,023
BNE → ROK517 km 608,255

More routes from MEL

Route Distance Passengers / year
MEL → SYD706 km 8,091,178
MEL → ADL642 km 2,409,362
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

Brisbane (BNE) and Melbourne (MEL) are 1,379 km (857 miles, 745 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.