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Melbourne (MEL) – Perth (PER)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,706 km
1,681 mi · 1,461 nm
Flight time
4 h
Estimate from distance
Time difference
3 h / 2 h
January / July
CO2 per passenger
340 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (201 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
2,113,102
May 2025 – Apr 2026 · +3.2%
Flights / week
265
Both directions, average
Seats filled
86%
2,465,383 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
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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 PERMELPER
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from MEL
275°
Heading from PER
112°
Halfway point
-35.68, 129.89
Great-circle km
2,700 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
3 h in January, 2 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 197,634 passengers
0100K200KMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec197.6KJanFebMarApr
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Month Passengers
May 2025164,318
Jun 2025155,172
Jul 2025184,325
Aug 2025161,852
Sep 2025170,210
Oct 2025194,680
Nov 2025187,571
Dec 2025197,634
Jan 2026186,757
Feb 2026147,243
Mar 2026183,518
Apr 2026179,822
Flights per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 1,253 flights
05001K1.5KMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1.3KJanFebMarApr
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Month Flights
May 20251,112
Jun 20251,071
Jul 20251,197
Aug 20251,108
Sep 20251,159
Oct 20251,166
Nov 20251,156
Dec 20251,253
Jan 20261,195
Feb 20261,028
Mar 20261,177
Apr 20261,156

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 2,700 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 Perth

PER
MEL2,706
MEB2,712
MBW2,732
AVV2,677

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 → OOL1,328 km 2,216,157
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 PER

Route Distance Passengers / year
PER → SYD3,284 km 1,742,359
PER → SIN3,895 km 1,480,147
PER → DPS2,569 km 1,165,021
PER → BNE3,614 km 1,144,127
PER → ADL2,120 km 726,868
PER → KTA1,247 km 713,011
PER → KUL4,124 km 646,762
PER → PHE1,308 km 500,043
PER → ZNE1,017 km 444,961
PER → KGI538 km 426,157

Questions

Melbourne (MEL) and Perth (PER) are 2,706 km (1,681 miles, 1,461 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.