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Canberra (CBR) – Melbourne (MEL)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
470 km
292 mi · 254 nm
Flight time
1 h 20 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
108 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (64 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
967,607
May 2025 – Apr 2026 · −2.1%
Flights / week
166
Both directions, average
Seats filled
76%
1,278,624 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
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 CBR to MELCBRMEL
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from CBR
235°
Heading from MEL
57°
Halfway point
-36.51, 147.05
Great-circle km
470 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: October 2025: 91,154 passengers
050K100KMayJunJulAugSepOct91.2KNovDecJanFebMarApr
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Month Passengers
May 202582,289
Jun 202578,893
Jul 202579,843
Aug 202584,708
Sep 202585,823
Oct 202591,154
Nov 202587,396
Dec 202574,595
Jan 202665,827
Feb 202672,708
Mar 202686,633
Apr 202677,738
Flights per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 785 flights
05001KMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar785Apr
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Month Flights
May 2025722
Jun 2025692
Jul 2025686
Aug 2025745
Sep 2025730
Oct 2025737
Nov 2025722
Dec 2025705
Jan 2026667
Feb 2026691
Mar 2026785
Apr 2026735

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 470 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 Canberra and Melbourne

MELMEBMBWAVV
CBR470469471520

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

More routes from CBR

Route Distance Passengers / year
CBR → BNE954 km 667,023
CBR → SYD236 km 598,219
CBR → ADL972 km 196,565
CBR → OOL891 km 181,026
CBR → NAN3,400 km 28,043
CBR → DOH12,241 km 6,276
CBR → DPS4,539 km 1,006
CBR → SFO12,171 km 238

More routes from MEL

Route Distance Passengers / year
MEL → SYD706 km 8,091,178
MEL → BNE1,379 km 3,691,322
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 → LST476 km 896,661

Questions

Canberra (CBR) and Melbourne (MEL) are 470 km (292 miles, 254 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.