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MEL Melbourne ⇄ HBA Hobart

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

Distance618 km384 mi333 nautical miles
MEL → HBA1 h 45 minestimated block time
HBA → MEL1 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hHobart vs Melbourne, today
Great-circle route from Melbourne (MEL) to Hobart (HBA)MELMelbourneHBAHobart
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 → HBA

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 159° (SSE).

Leave Melbourne Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Hobart Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

HBA → MEL

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 338° (NNW).

Leave Hobart Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Melbourne Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

The two directions differ by 3 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 distance618 km · 384 mi · 333 nmi
Initial heading159° (SSE) from MEL; 338° (NNW) from HBA
Farthest from the equator42.8°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
HBAAustralia/Hobart — UTC+11 now; UTC+10 standard time, UTC+11 during daylight saving time
DifferenceHobart is on the same clock as Melbourne today.

Jet lag, flying MEL → HBA. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

MEL Melbourne AirportMelbourne, Australia · longest runway 11,998 ft3,657 m HBA Hobart International AirportHobart, Australia · longest runway 8,947 ft2,727 m

More routes from MEL and HBA

MELADL Melbourne – Adelaide 641 km398 mi · 1 h 50 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

Routes of a similar length

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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).