How long is the flight from MEL to NTL?

About 1 h 45 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–NTL 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 NTL emit?

About 105 kg CO2e per economy passenger one way, including the extra warming effect of flying high (62 kg without it), using the UK government's 2026 conversion factors.

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Melbourne (MEL) – Newcastle (NTL)

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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: none
CO2 per passenger: 105 kg; One way, economy, incl. RF (62 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year: 467,278; May 2025 – Apr 2026 · +0.6%
Flights / week: 69; Both directions, average
Seats filled: 84%; 553,676 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 MEL: 52°
Heading from NTL: 228°
Halfway point: -35.28, 148.44
Great-circle km: 835 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks: Same time in both

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: October 2025: 42,980 passengers

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Month	Passengers
May 2025	35,362
Jun 2025	36,834
Jul 2025	40,229
Aug 2025	38,586
Sep 2025	39,493
Oct 2025	42,980
Nov 2025	40,403
Dec 2025	40,680
Jan 2026	39,744
Feb 2026	34,363
Mar 2026	40,923
Apr 2026	37,681

Flights per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: October 2025: 316 flights

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Month	Flights
May 2025	291
Jun 2025	300
Jul 2025	315
Aug 2025	302
Sep 2025	304
Oct 2025	316
Nov 2025	298
Dec 2025	298
Jan 2026	288
Feb 2026	275
Mar 2026	316
Apr 2026	303

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 835 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 Newcastle

	NTL
MEL	835
MEB	835
MBW	839
AVV	886

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 NTL

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
NTL → BNE	Brisbane, Australia	613 km	531,415
NTL → DPS	Denpasar, Indonesia	4,614 km	48,438

Questions

Melbourne (MEL) and Newcastle (NTL) are 835 km (519 miles, 451 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.