Sydney (SYD) – Queenstown (ZQN)
- Distance
- 1,941 km
- 1,206 mi · 1,048 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 5 min
- Estimate from distance
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 244 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (144 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 490,181
- Jul 2025 – Jun 2026 · +12.7%
- 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. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from SYD
- 134°
- Heading from ZQN
- 303°
- Halfway point
- -39.82, 159.26
- Great-circle km
- 1,939 km (sphere, for EU261)
- Clocks
- Queenstown is 2 h ahead of Sydney
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | 48,330 |
| Aug 2025 | 46,821 |
| Sep 2025 | 39,374 |
| Oct 2025 | 37,892 |
| Nov 2025 | 41,474 |
| Dec 2025 | 48,048 |
| Jan 2026 | 51,313 |
| Feb 2026 | 39,149 |
| Mar 2026 | 40,886 |
| Apr 2026 | 38,664 |
| May 2026 | 27,795 |
| Jun 2026 | 30,435 |
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,939 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.