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Brisbane (BNE) – Sydney (SYD)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
751 km
467 mi · 405 nm
Flight time
1 h 40 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h / none
January / July
CO2 per passenger
95 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (56 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
4,431,416
May 2025 – Apr 2026 · +1.6%
Flights / week
592
Both directions, average
Seats filled
86%
5,176,292 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. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

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

The way there

Heading from BNE
194°
Heading from SYD
15°
Halfway point
-30.67, 152.18
Great-circle km
753 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
1 h in January, none in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: October 2025: 415,611 passengers
0200K400K600KMayJunJulAugSepOct415.6KNovDecJanFebMarApr
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Month Passengers
May 2025364,227
Jun 2025344,138
Jul 2025388,848
Aug 2025368,812
Sep 2025359,996
Oct 2025415,611
Nov 2025388,542
Dec 2025382,656
Jan 2026338,822
Feb 2026323,786
Mar 2026375,834
Apr 2026380,144
Flights per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: October 2025: 2,779 flights
01K2K3KMayJunJulAugSepOct2.8KNovDecJanFebMarApr
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Month Flights
May 20252,596
Jun 20252,495
Jul 20252,642
Aug 20252,511
Sep 20252,612
Oct 20252,779
Nov 20252,629
Dec 20252,588
Jan 20262,428
Feb 20262,301
Mar 20262,614
Apr 20262,571

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 753 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 BNE

Route Distance Passengers / year
BNE → MEL1,379 km 3,691,322
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 SYD

Route Distance Passengers / year
SYD → MEL706 km 8,091,178
SYD → OOL678 km 2,609,754
SYD → ADL1,166 km 1,900,844
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

Brisbane (BNE) and Sydney (SYD) are 751 km (467 miles, 405 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.