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MEL Melbourne ⇄ ADL Adelaide

Melbourne Airport (Australia) and Adelaide International Airport (Australia): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance641 km398 mi346 nautical miles
MEL → ADL1 h 50 minestimated block time
ADL → MEL1 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change−30 minutesAdelaide vs Melbourne, today
Great-circle route from Melbourne (MEL) to Adelaide (ADL)MELMelbourneADLAdelaide
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

MEL → ADL

1 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 296° (WNW).

Leave Melbourne Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Adelaide Sat 7 Nov, 11:20 local.

ADL → MEL

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 120° (ESE).

Leave Adelaide Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Melbourne Sat 7 Nov, 12:15 local.

The two directions differ by 8 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance641 km · 398 mi · 346 nmi
Initial heading296° (WNW) from MEL; 120° (ESE) from ADL
Farthest from the equator37.7°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip3% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MELAustralia/Melbourne — UTC+11 now; UTC+10 standard time, UTC+11 during daylight saving time
ADLAustralia/Adelaide — UTC+10:30 now; UTC+9:30 standard time, UTC+10:30 during daylight saving time
DifferenceAdelaide is 30 minutes behind Melbourne today.

Jet lag, flying MEL → ADL. Your body clock has to move 30 minutes later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

MEL Melbourne AirportMelbourne, Australia · longest runway 11,998 ft3,657 m ADL Adelaide International AirportAdelaide, Australia · longest runway 10,171 ft3,100 m

More routes from MEL and ADL

MELHBA Melbourne – Hobart 618 km384 mi · 1 h 45 min MELBNE Melbourne – Brisbane 1,381 km858 mi · 2 h 35 min MELPER Melbourne – Perth 2,700 km1,678 mi · 4 h 25 min MELSIN Melbourne – Singapore 6,033 km3,748 mi · 8 h 10 min DXBMEL Dubai – Melbourne 11,644 km7,235 mi · 13 h 50 min DFWMEL Dallas–Fort Worth – Melbourne 14,475 km8,995 mi · 18 h 15 min SYDADL Sydney – Adelaide 1,164 km723 mi · 2 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

BOSDCA Boston – Washington 641 km398 mi · 1 h 50 min ATLMCO Atlanta – Orlando 651 km404 mi · 1 h 45 min LHRFRA London – Frankfurt 654 km406 mi · 1 h 45 min SFOLAS San Francisco – Las Vegas 665 km413 mi · 1 h 45 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).