How long is the flight from MEL to MNL?

About 8 h 15 min gate to gate, estimated from the distance. Real times depend on winds and the routing.

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

About 739 kg CO2e per economy passenger one way, including the extra warming effect of flying high (437 kg without it), using the UK government's 2026 conversion factors.

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Melbourne (MEL) – Metro Manila (MNL)

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

Distance: 6,290 km; 3,909 mi · 3,396 nm
Flight time: 8 h 15 min; Estimate from distance
Time difference: 3 h / 2 h; January / July
CO2 per passenger: 739 kg; One way, economy, incl. RF (437 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year: 249,917; Jul 2025 – Jun 2026 · +11.2%
Flights / week: —; Not in this source
Seats filled: —
Airlines nonstop: —; Not named in this source

Traffic: BITRE (Australia), international airline activity by city pair, Jul 2025 – Jun 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 MEL: 332°
Heading from MNL: 157°
Halfway point: -11.85, 131.72
Great-circle km: 6,313 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks: 3 h in January, 2 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 8 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Jul 2025 – Jun 2026)Busiest: January 2026: 28,434 passengers

Show as a table

Month	Passengers
Jul 2025	22,832
Aug 2025	15,953
Sep 2025	17,243
Oct 2025	21,393
Nov 2025	18,565
Dec 2025	25,071
Jan 2026	28,434
Feb 2026	19,685
Mar 2026	21,790
Apr 2026	23,068
May 2026	18,755
Jun 2026	17,128

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 6,313 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 Melbourne and Metro Manila

	MNL
MEL	6,290
MEB	6,298
MBW	6,331
AVV	6,311

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

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

More routes from MNL

Route	To	Distance	Passengers
MNL → ICN	Seoul, South Korea	2,600 km	640,283 (6 mo)
MNL → SFO	San Francisco, United States	11,244 km	599,403
MNL → SYD	Sydney, Australia	6,243 km	472,994
MNL → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	11,756 km	406,001
MNL → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	9,149 km	340,273
MNL → GUM	Hagåtña, Guam	2,570 km	194,635
MNL → BNE	Brisbane, Australia	5,788 km	188,592
MNL → HNL	Honolulu, United States	8,532 km	110,543
MNL → SEA	Seattle, United States	10,720 km	102,255
MNL → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	10,426 km	84,175

Questions

Melbourne (MEL) and Metro Manila (MNL) are 6,290 km (3,909 miles, 3,396 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.