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Melbourne (MEL) – Gold Coast (OOL)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,328 km
825 mi · 717 nm
Flight time
2 h 20 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
167 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (99 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
2,216,157
May 2025 – Apr 2026 · +3.9%
Flights / week
256
Both directions, average
Seats filled
90%
2,463,014 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

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

The way there

Heading from MEL
40°
Heading from OOL
215°
Halfway point
-33.00, 149.40
Great-circle km
1,330 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: January 2026: 230,301 passengers
0100K200K300KMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan230.3KFebMarApr
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Month Passengers
May 2025145,771
Jun 2025149,331
Jul 2025193,006
Aug 2025157,689
Sep 2025187,011
Oct 2025199,638
Nov 2025191,507
Dec 2025219,171
Jan 2026230,301
Feb 2026162,034
Mar 2026185,747
Apr 2026194,951
Flights per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 1,393 flights
05001K1.5KMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1.4KJanFebMarApr
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Month Flights
May 2025890
Jun 2025907
Jul 20251,158
Aug 2025904
Sep 20251,101
Oct 20251,152
Nov 20251,119
Dec 20251,393
Jan 20261,369
Feb 20261,010
Mar 20261,140
Apr 20261,176

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 1,330 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 Gold Coast

OOL
MEL1,328
MEB1,330
MBW1,340
AVV1,381

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

More routes from MEL

Route Distance Passengers / year
MEL → SYD706 km 8,091,178
MEL → BNE1,379 km 3,691,322
MEL → ADL642 km 2,409,362
MEL → PER2,706 km 2,113,102
MEL → SIN6,024 km 1,739,044
MEL → HBA617 km 1,457,845
MEL → DPS4,376 km 1,146,291
MEL → AKL2,643 km 1,091,173
MEL → CBR470 km 967,607
MEL → LST476 km 896,661

More routes from OOL

Route Distance Passengers / year
OOL → SYD678 km 2,609,754
OOL → AKL2,219 km 329,496
OOL → ADL1,606 km 288,246
OOL → CBR891 km 181,026
OOL → DPS4,555 km 125,930
OOL → CHC2,407 km 94,641
OOL → ZQN2,306 km 66,475
OOL → WLG2,425 km 61,319
OOL → HLZ2,298 km 53,507
OOL → DUD2,457 km 47,523

Questions

Melbourne (MEL) and Gold Coast (OOL) are 1,328 km (825 miles, 717 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.