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Sunshine Coast (MCY) – Sydney (SYD)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
835 km
519 mi · 451 nm
Flight time
1 h 45 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h / none
January / July
CO2 per passenger
105 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (62 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
821,030
May 2025 – Apr 2026 · +6.1%
Flights / week
103
Both directions, average
Seats filled
86%
953,677 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

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

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

The way there

Heading from MCY
192°
Heading from SYD
13°
Halfway point
-30.27, 152.17
Great-circle km
838 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
1 h in January, none in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: January 2026: 81,503 passengers
050K100KMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan81.5KFebMarApr
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Month Passengers
May 202559,943
Jun 202559,077
Jul 202572,252
Aug 202565,918
Sep 202569,470
Oct 202571,542
Nov 202570,026
Dec 202576,283
Jan 202681,503
Feb 202655,736
Mar 202664,989
Apr 202674,291
Flights per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: January 2026: 555 flights
0200400600MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan555FebMarApr
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Month Flights
May 2025405
Jun 2025404
Jul 2025467
Aug 2025422
Sep 2025436
Oct 2025439
Nov 2025432
Dec 2025513
Jan 2026555
Feb 2026374
Mar 2026425
Apr 2026506

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 838 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 MCY

Route Distance Passengers / year
MCY → MEL1,453 km 776,326
MCY → AKL2,349 km 59,533
MCY → DPS4,456 km 16,161

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 → HKG7,372 km 1,065,358
SYD → CNS1,967 km 916,051
SYD → DPS4,620 km 846,035

Questions

Sunshine Coast (MCY) and Sydney (SYD) are 835 km (519 miles, 451 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.