How long is the flight from HBA to MEL?

About 1 h 30 min gate to gate, estimated from the distance. Real times depend on winds and the routing.

How much EU261 compensation is a delay on HBA–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 HBA to MEL emit?

About 78 kg CO2e per economy passenger one way, including the extra warming effect of flying high (46 kg without it), using the UK government's 2026 conversion factors.

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Hobart (HBA) – Melbourne (MEL)

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

Distance: 617 km; 383 mi · 333 nm
Flight time: 1 h 30 min; Estimate from distance
Time difference: none
CO2 per passenger: 78 kg; One way, economy, incl. RF (46 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year: 1,457,845; May 2025 – Apr 2026 · +4.1%
Flights / week: 188; Both directions, average
Seats filled: 85%; 1,710,080 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

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

The way there

Heading from HBA: 337°
Heading from MEL: 159°
Halfway point: -40.26, 146.12
Great-circle km: 618 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks: Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: January 2026: 146,052 passengers

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Month	Passengers
May 2025	113,340
Jun 2025	104,777
Jul 2025	117,574
Aug 2025	107,155
Sep 2025	111,670
Oct 2025	121,198
Nov 2025	123,243
Dec 2025	140,616
Jan 2026	146,052
Feb 2026	119,452
Mar 2026	132,785
Apr 2026	119,983

Flights per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: January 2026: 978 flights

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Month	Flights
May 2025	778
Jun 2025	717
Jul 2025	812
Aug 2025	724
Sep 2025	792
Oct 2025	798
Nov 2025	799
Dec 2025	944
Jan 2026	978
Feb 2026	760
Mar 2026	846
Apr 2026	822

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 618 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 Hobart and Melbourne

	MEL	MEB	MBW	AVV
HBA	617	609	577	592

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

More routes from HBA

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
HBA → SYD	Sydney, Australia	1,037 km	841,310
HBA → BNE	Brisbane, Australia	1,788 km	327,842
HBA → AKL	Auckland, New Zealand	2,408 km	21,011

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 → 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
MEL → LST	Launceston, Australia	476 km	896,661

Questions

Hobart (HBA) and Melbourne (MEL) are 617 km (383 miles, 333 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.