How long is the flight from CAN to MEL?

About 9 h 45 min gate to gate, estimated from the distance. Real times depend on winds and the routing.

How much EU261 compensation is a delay on CAN–MEL worth?

Neither EU261 nor UK261 applies: the route neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK.

How much CO2 does a flight from CAN to MEL emit?

About 883 kg CO2e per economy passenger one way, including the extra warming effect of flying high (523 kg without it), using the UK government's 2026 conversion factors.

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Guangzhou (CAN) – Melbourne (MEL)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.

Distance: 7,522 km; 4,674 mi · 4,062 nm
Flight time: 9 h 45 min; Estimate from distance
Time difference: 3 h / 2 h; January / July
CO2 per passenger: 883 kg; One way, economy, incl. RF (523 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year: 393,969; Jul 2025 – Jun 2026 · +21.4%
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

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

The way there

Heading from CAN: 153°
Heading from MEL: 329°
Halfway point: -7.43, 127.88
Great-circle km: 7,548 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks: 3 h in January, 2 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 9 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Jul 2025 – Jun 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 47,310 passengers

Show as a table

Month	Passengers
Jul 2025	22,091
Aug 2025	22,598
Sep 2025	22,271
Oct 2025	25,535
Nov 2025	34,538
Dec 2025	47,310
Jan 2026	47,056
Feb 2026	40,757
Mar 2026	35,660
Apr 2026	35,247
May 2026	36,176
Jun 2026	24,730

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 7,548 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 Guangzhou and Melbourne

	MEL	MEB	MBW	AVV
CAN	7,522	7,531	7,563	7,540

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

More routes from CAN

Route	To	Distance	Passengers
CAN → ICN	Seoul, South Korea	2,003 km	403,252 (6 mo)
CAN → SYD	Sydney, Australia	7,507 km	531,074
CAN → BNE	Brisbane, Australia	7,062 km	273,166
CAN → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	7,898 km	245,525
CAN → CDG	Paris, France	9,473 km	163,405
CAN → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	11,638 km	160,190
CAN → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9,156 km	156,877
CAN → FCO	Rome, Italy	9,171 km	102,975
CAN → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	9,037 km	79,881
CAN → SFO	San Francisco, United States	11,100 km	63,311

More routes from MEL

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
MEL → SYD	Sydney, Australia	706 km	8,091,178
MEL → BNE	Brisbane, Australia	1,379 km	3,691,322
MEL → ADL	Adelaide, Australia	642 km	2,409,362
MEL → OOL	Gold Coast, Australia	1,328 km	2,216,157
MEL → PER	Perth, Australia	2,706 km	2,113,102
MEL → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	6,024 km	1,739,044
MEL → HBA	Hobart, Australia	617 km	1,457,845
MEL → DPS	Denpasar, Indonesia	4,376 km	1,146,291
MEL → AKL	Auckland, New Zealand	2,643 km	1,091,173
MEL → CBR	Canberra, Australia	470 km	967,607

Questions

Guangzhou (CAN) and Melbourne (MEL) are 7,522 km (4,674 miles, 4,062 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.