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Route · Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

BNE Brisbane ⇄ AKL Auckland

Brisbane International Airport (Australia) and Auckland International Airport (New Zealand): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,295 km1,426 mi1,239 nautical miles
BNE → AKL3 h 30 minestimated block time
AKL → BNE3 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change+3 hAuckland vs Brisbane, today
Great-circle route from Brisbane (BNE) to Auckland (AKL)BNEBrisbaneAKLAuckland
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

BNE → AKL

3 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 123° (ESE).

Leave Brisbane Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Auckland Sat 7 Nov, 16:30 local.

AKL → BNE

3 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 292° (WNW).

Leave Auckland Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Brisbane Sat 7 Nov, 10:55 local.

BNE-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance2,295 km · 1,426 mi · 1,239 nmi
Initial heading123° (ESE) from BNE; 292° (WNW) from AKL
Farthest from the equator37.0°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip11% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

BNEAustralia/Brisbane — UTC+10 now; UTC+10 all year (no daylight saving time)
AKLPacific/Auckland — UTC+13 now; UTC+12 standard time, UTC+13 during daylight saving time
DifferenceAuckland is 3 hours ahead of Brisbane today; +3 h in January and +2 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying BNE → AKL. Your body clock has to move 3 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 3 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

BNE Brisbane International AirportBrisbane, Australia · longest runway 11,680 ft3,560 m AKL Auckland International AirportAuckland, New Zealand · longest runway 11,926 ft3,635 m

More routes from BNE and AKL

SYDBNE Sydney – Brisbane 753 km468 mi · 1 h 55 min MELBNE Melbourne – Brisbane 1,381 km858 mi · 2 h 35 min BNECNS Brisbane – Cairns 1,392 km865 mi · 2 h 40 min BNEDPS Brisbane – Bali (Denpasar) 4,488 km2,789 mi · 6 h 20 min LAXBNE Los Angeles – Brisbane 11,533 km7,167 mi · 14 h 35 min AKLWLG Auckland – Wellington 480 km298 mi · 1 h 35 min AKLNAN Auckland – Nadi (Fiji) 2,156 km1,340 mi · 3 h 30 min AKLPPT Auckland – Papeete (Tahiti) 4,094 km2,544 mi · 5 h 25 min AKLEZE Auckland – Buenos Aires 10,312 km6,408 mi · 12 h DXBAKL Dubai – Auckland 14,199 km8,823 mi · 16 h 30 min DOHAKL Doha – Auckland 14,534 km9,031 mi · 16 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRRAK London – Marrakesh 2,294 km1,426 mi · 3 h 45 min MEXTIJ Mexico City – Tijuana 2,301 km1,430 mi · 3 h 50 min ORDPHX Chicago – Phoenix 2,313 km1,437 mi · 3 h 55 min SEAANC Seattle – Anchorage 2,326 km1,445 mi · 3 h 50 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).