JetSetAuthority

Route · Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

MEL Melbourne ⇄ BNE Brisbane

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

Distance1,381 km858 mi746 nautical miles
MEL → BNE2 h 35 minestimated block time
BNE → MEL2 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hBrisbane vs Melbourne, today
Great-circle route from Melbourne (MEL) to Brisbane (BNE)MELMelbourneBNEBrisbane
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 → BNE

2 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 36° (NE).

Leave Melbourne Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Brisbane Sat 7 Nov, 11:35 local.

BNE → MEL

2 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 212° (SSW).

Leave Brisbane Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Melbourne Sat 7 Nov, 13:40 local.

The two directions differ by 10 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,381 km · 858 mi · 746 nmi
Initial heading36° (NE) from MEL; 212° (SSW) from BNE
Farthest from the equator37.7°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip7% 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
BNEAustralia/Brisbane — UTC+10 now; UTC+10 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceBrisbane is 1 hour behind Melbourne today; −1 h in January and ±0 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying MEL → BNE. Your body clock has to move 1 hour 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 BNE Brisbane International AirportBrisbane, Australia · longest runway 11,680 ft3,560 m

More routes from MEL and BNE

MELHBA Melbourne – Hobart 618 km384 mi · 1 h 45 min SYDMEL Sydney – Melbourne 706 km438 mi · 1 h 55 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 SYDBNE Sydney – Brisbane 753 km468 mi · 1 h 55 min BNECNS Brisbane – Cairns 1,392 km865 mi · 2 h 40 min BNEAKL Brisbane – Auckland 2,295 km1,426 mi · 3 h 30 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

Routes of a similar length

LAXDEN Los Angeles – Denver 1,385 km861 mi · 2 h 30 min CGKKNO Jakarta – Medan 1,388 km862 mi · 2 h 40 min ORDBOS Chicago – Boston 1,391 km864 mi · 2 h 30 min CDGALG Paris – Algiers 1,370 km852 mi · 2 h 35 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).