How long is the flight from LST to MEL?

About 1 h 20 min gate to gate, estimated from the distance. Real times depend on winds and the routing.

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

About 109 kg CO2e per economy passenger one way, including the extra warming effect of flying high (65 kg without it), using the UK government's 2026 conversion factors.

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Launceston (LST) – Melbourne (MEL)

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

Distance: 476 km; 296 mi · 257 nm
Flight time: 1 h 20 min; Estimate from distance
Time difference: none
CO2 per passenger: 109 kg; One way, economy, incl. RF (65 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year: 896,661; May 2025 – Apr 2026 · +4.5%
Flights / week: 153; Both directions, average
Seats filled: 85%; 1,053,996 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 LST: 334°
Heading from MEL: 155°
Halfway point: -39.61, 145.99
Great-circle km: 476 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: January 2026: 90,547 passengers

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Month	Passengers
May 2025	69,156
Jun 2025	67,169
Jul 2025	73,082
Aug 2025	70,050
Sep 2025	67,665
Oct 2025	76,869
Nov 2025	72,444
Dec 2025	83,514
Jan 2026	90,547
Feb 2026	71,928
Mar 2026	80,548
Apr 2026	73,689

Flights per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: January 2026: 773 flights

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Month	Flights
May 2025	617
Jun 2025	597
Jul 2025	645
Aug 2025	611
Sep 2025	642
Oct 2025	695
Nov 2025	633
Dec 2025	768
Jan 2026	773
Feb 2026	636
Mar 2026	698
Apr 2026	665

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 476 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 Launceston and Melbourne

	MEL	MEB	MBW	AVV
LST	476	468	435	455

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

More routes from LST

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
LST → SYD	Sydney, Australia	913 km	358,884
LST → BNE	Brisbane, Australia	1,661 km	156,209

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

Launceston (LST) and Melbourne (MEL) are 476 km (296 miles, 257 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.