Dallas–Fort Worth to Sydney (DFW–SYD): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

DFW → SYD

17 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 249° (WSW).

Leave Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Sydney Sun 8 Nov, 20:25 local +1 day.

SYD → DFW

16 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 70° (ENE).

Leave Sydney Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 09:10 local.

SYD-bound flights are the slower direction by about 75 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 distance	13,808 km · 8,580 mi · 7,456 nmi
Initial heading	249° (WSW) from DFW; 70° (ENE) from SYD
Farthest from the equator	33.9°S
Crosses	the equator and the 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip	69% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DFW	America/Chicago — UTC−5 now; UTC−6 standard time, UTC−5 during daylight saving time
SYD	Australia/Sydney — UTC+11 now; UTC+10 standard time, UTC+11 during daylight saving time
Difference	Sydney is 16 hours ahead of Dallas–Fort Worth today; +17 h in January and +15 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying DFW → SYD. The clock change is 16 hours, but to your body that is a shift of 8 hours the other way. Your body clock has to move 8 hours later, like a westward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 8 days to fully adjust. Shifting later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

DFW Dallas Fort Worth International AirportDallas–Fort Worth, United States · longest runway 13,401 ft4,085 m

SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International AirportSydney, Australia · longest runway 12,999 ft3,962 m

More routes from DFW and SYD

DFWIAH Dallas–Fort Worth – Houston 362 km225 mi · 1 h 25 min DFWORD Dallas–Fort Worth – Chicago 1,291 km802 mi · 2 h 25 min DFWLAS Dallas–Fort Worth – Las Vegas 1,695 km1,053 mi · 3 h 10 min LGADFW New York – Dallas–Fort Worth 2,231 km1,387 mi · 3 h 50 min DFWFRA Dallas–Fort Worth – Frankfurt 8,258 km5,131 mi · 9 h 50 min DFWMEL Dallas–Fort Worth – Melbourne 14,475 km8,995 mi · 18 h 15 min SYDCBR Sydney – Canberra 236 km147 mi · 1 h 20 min SYDCHC Sydney – Christchurch 2,126 km1,321 mi · 3 h 15 min SYDMNL Sydney – Manila 6,263 km3,892 mi · 8 h 20 min HNLSYD Honolulu – Sydney 8,170 km5,077 mi · 10 h 35 min SFOSYD San Francisco – Sydney 11,950 km7,425 mi · 15 h 10 min LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

ATLJNB Atlanta – Johannesburg 13,583 km8,440 mi · 15 h 55 min SFOSIN San Francisco – Singapore 13,582 km8,439 mi · 17 h 45 min LAXSIN Los Angeles – Singapore 14,102 km8,762 mi · 18 h 25 min DXBAKL Dubai – Auckland 14,199 km8,823 mi · 16 h 30 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).

DFW Dallas–Fort Worth ⇄ SYD Sydney