Hong Kong (HKG) – Sydney (SYD)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
7,372 km
4,581 mi · 3,981 nm
Flight time
9 h 30 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
3 h / 2 h
January / July
CO2 per passenger
865 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (512 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
1,065,358
Jul 2025 – Jun 2026 · +18.0%
Flights / week
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Not in this source
Seats filled
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Airlines nonstop
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Not named in this source

Traffic: BITRE (Australia), international airline activity by city pair, Jul 2025 – Jun 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

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

The way there

Heading from HKG
147°
Heading from SYD
322°
Halfway point
-6.15, 131.50
Great-circle km
7,394 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
3 h in January, 2 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 9 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Jul 2025 – Jun 2026)Busiest: October 2025: 98,634 passengers
050K100KJulAugSepOct98.6KNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun
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Month Passengers
Jul 202588,665
Aug 202588,779
Sep 202581,057
Oct 202598,634
Nov 202590,371
Dec 202594,313
Jan 202697,959
Feb 202677,642
Mar 202695,200
Apr 202688,099
May 202682,679
Jun 202681,960

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 7,394 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 HKG

Route Distance Passengers
HKG → ICN2,067 km 1,316,010 (6 mo)
HKG → SFO11,147 km 913,339
HKG → LAX11,683 km 910,783
HKG → MEL7,387 km 781,290
HKG → DEL3,753 km 682,536
HKG → JFK12,990 km 598,888
HKG → CDG9,606 km 381,883
HKG → FRA9,170 km 377,059
HKG → BNE6,930 km 323,972
HKG → BOM4,278 km 323,932

More routes from SYD

Route Distance Passengers / year
SYD → MEL706 km 8,091,178
SYD → BNE751 km 4,431,416
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 → CNS1,967 km 916,051
SYD → DPS4,620 km 846,035
SYD → HBA1,037 km 841,310

Questions

Hong Kong (HKG) and Sydney (SYD) are 7,372 km (4,581 miles, 3,981 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.