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Route · Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

SYD Sydney ⇄ BNE Brisbane

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

Distance753 km468 mi406 nautical miles
SYD → BNE1 h 55 minestimated block time
BNE → SYD1 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hBrisbane vs Sydney, today
Great-circle route from Sydney (SYD) to Brisbane (BNE)SYDSydneyBNEBrisbane
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 → BNE

1 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 15° (NNE).

Leave Sydney Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Brisbane Sat 7 Nov, 10:55 local.

BNE → SYD

1 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 194° (SSW).

Leave Brisbane Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Sydney Sat 7 Nov, 12:55 local.

The two directions differ by 2 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 distance753 km · 468 mi · 406 nmi
Initial heading15° (NNE) from SYD; 194° (SSW) from BNE
Farthest from the equator33.9°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip4% 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
BNEAustralia/Brisbane — UTC+10 now; UTC+10 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceBrisbane is 1 hour behind Sydney 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 SYD → 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

SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International AirportSydney, Australia · longest runway 12,999 ft3,962 m BNE Brisbane International AirportBrisbane, Australia · longest runway 11,680 ft3,560 m

More routes from SYD and BNE

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 MELBNE Melbourne – Brisbane 1,381 km858 mi · 2 h 35 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

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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).