How long is the flight from MEL to NAN?

About 5 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 MEL–NAN 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 NAN emit?

About 452 kg CO2e per economy passenger one way, including the extra warming effect of flying high (268 kg without it), using the UK government's 2026 conversion factors.

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Melbourne (MEL) – Nadi (NAN)

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

Distance: 3,866 km; 2,403 mi · 2,088 nm
Flight time: 5 h 20 min; Estimate from distance
Time difference: 1 h / 2 h; January / July
CO2 per passenger: 452 kg; One way, economy, incl. RF (268 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year: 285,501; Jul 2025 – Jun 2026 · −1.6%
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: 64°
Heading from NAN: 229°
Halfway point: -28.70, 162.67
Great-circle km: 3,866 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks: 1 h in January, 2 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Jul 2025 – Jun 2026)Busiest: July 2025: 28,818 passengers

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Month	Passengers
Jul 2025	28,818
Aug 2025	25,113
Sep 2025	26,540
Oct 2025	25,110
Nov 2025	20,378
Dec 2025	25,852
Jan 2026	27,580
Feb 2026	14,210
Mar 2026	19,115
Apr 2026	24,507
May 2026	22,427
Jun 2026	25,851

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 3,866 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 Nadi

	NAN
MEL	3,866
MEB	3,864
MBW	3,861
AVV	3,914

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 NAN

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
NAN → SYD	Sydney, Australia	3,169 km	576,342
NAN → BNE	Brisbane, Australia	2,712 km	274,366
NAN → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	8,882 km	189,212
NAN → SFO	San Francisco, United States	8,784 km	78,456
NAN → DFW	Dallas-Fort Worth, United States	10,663 km	59,361
NAN → ADL	Adelaide, Australia	4,288 km	33,106
NAN → CBR	Canberra, Australia	3,400 km	28,043
NAN → CNS	Cairns, Australia	3,366 km	27,720
NAN → HNL	Honolulu, United States	5,090 km	9,620

Questions

Melbourne (MEL) and Nadi (NAN) are 3,866 km (2,403 miles, 2,088 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.