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Darwin (DRW) – Melbourne (MEL)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
3,124 km
1,941 mi · 1,687 nm
Flight time
4 h 30 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h 30 min / 30 min
January / July
CO2 per passenger
394 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (233 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
290,835
May 2025 – Apr 2026 · −0.7%
Flights / week
38
Both directions, average
Seats filled
81%
360,865 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 DRW to MELDRWMEL
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from DRW
156°
Heading from MEL
330°
Halfway point
-25.22, 137.13
Great-circle km
3,132 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
1 h 30 min in January, 30 min in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: July 2025: 35,821 passengers
020K40KMayJunJul35.8KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarApr
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Month Passengers
May 202525,440
Jun 202528,658
Jul 202535,821
Aug 202530,252
Sep 202526,761
Oct 202523,770
Nov 202518,727
Dec 202522,938
Jan 202621,693
Feb 202614,564
Mar 202617,215
Apr 202624,996
Flights per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: July 2025: 231 flights
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Month Flights
May 2025187
Jun 2025196
Jul 2025231
Aug 2025199
Sep 2025178
Oct 2025159
Nov 2025124
Dec 2025164
Jan 2026145
Feb 2026104
Mar 2026125
Apr 2026188

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 3,132 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 Darwin and Melbourne

MELMEBMBWAVV
DRW3,1243,1323,1653,143

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

More routes from DRW

Route Distance Passengers / year
DRW → BNE2,849 km 358,925
DRW → PER2,647 km 186,042
DRW → SIN3,339 km 125,011
DRW → DPS1,766 km 106,034
DRW → DIL726 km 33,836
DRW → KUL3,636 km 25,266
DRW → CAN4,400 km 6,275

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 → CBR470 km 967,607

Questions

Darwin (DRW) and Melbourne (MEL) are 3,124 km (1,941 miles, 1,687 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.