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Route · Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

SYD Sydney ⇄ ADL Adelaide

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

Distance1,164 km723 mi628 nautical miles
SYD → ADL2 h 30 minestimated block time
ADL → SYD2 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change−30 minutesAdelaide vs Sydney, today
Great-circle route from Sydney (SYD) to Adelaide (ADL)SYDSydneyADLAdelaide
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

SYD → ADL

2 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 261° (W).

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

ADL → SYD

2 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 88° (E).

Leave Adelaide Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Sydney Sat 7 Nov, 12:45 local.

ADL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 15 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 distance1,164 km · 723 mi · 628 nmi
Initial heading261° (W) from SYD; 88° (E) from ADL
Farthest from the equator34.9°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip6% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

SYDAustralia/Sydney — 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 Sydney today.

Jet lag, flying SYD → 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

SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International AirportSydney, Australia · longest runway 12,999 ft3,962 m ADL Adelaide International AirportAdelaide, Australia · longest runway 10,171 ft3,100 m

More routes from SYD and ADL

SYDCBR Sydney – Canberra 236 km147 mi · 1 h 20 min SYDAKL Sydney – Auckland 2,159 km1,342 mi · 3 h 15 min SYDSIN Sydney – Singapore 6,293 km3,911 mi · 8 h 30 min SYDICN Sydney – Seoul 8,343 km5,184 mi · 10 h 40 min DXBSYD Dubai – Sydney 12,043 km7,483 mi · 14 h 15 min LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 min MELADL Melbourne – Adelaide 641 km398 mi · 1 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

NBOADD Nairobi – Addis Ababa 1,164 km723 mi · 2 h 20 min SGNHAN Ho Chi Minh City – Hanoi 1,160 km721 mi · 2 h 20 min EWRORD Newark – Chicago 1,154 km717 mi · 2 h 30 min ATLDFW Atlanta – Dallas–Fort Worth 1,175 km730 mi · 2 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).