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Route · Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

SYD Sydney ⇄ DEL Delhi

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

Distance10,435 km6,484 mi5,635 nautical miles
SYD → DEL13 h 20 minestimated block time
DEL → SYD12 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change−5 h 30 minDelhi vs Sydney, today
Great-circle route from Sydney (SYD) to Delhi (DEL)SYDSydneyDELDelhi
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 → DEL

13 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 302° (WNW).

Leave Sydney Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Delhi Sat 7 Nov, 17:50 local.

DEL → SYD

12 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 127° (SE).

Leave Delhi Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Sydney Sun 8 Nov, 04:05 local +1 day.

DEL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 45 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 distance10,435 km · 6,484 mi · 5,635 nmi
Initial heading302° (WNW) from SYD; 127° (SE) from DEL
Farthest from the equator33.9°S
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip52% 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
DELAsia/Kolkata — UTC+5:30 now; UTC+5:30 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceDelhi is 5 h 30 min behind Sydney today; −5 h 30 min in January and −4 h 30 min in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying SYD → DEL. Your body clock has to move 5 h 30 min later, like a westward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 6 days to fully adjust. Shifting later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening daylight at the destination helps. 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 DEL Indira Gandhi International AirportDelhi, India · longest runway 14,534 ft4,430 m

More routes from SYD and DEL

SYDCBR Sydney – Canberra 236 km147 mi · 1 h 20 min SYDCHC Sydney – Christchurch 2,126 km1,321 mi · 3 h 15 min SYDMNL Sydney – Manila 6,263 km3,892 mi · 8 h 20 min HNLSYD Honolulu – Sydney 8,170 km5,077 mi · 10 h 35 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 DELKTM Delhi – Kathmandu 816 km507 mi · 1 h 55 min DELHYD Delhi – Hyderabad 1,267 km787 mi · 2 h 30 min DELBLR Delhi – Bengaluru 1,709 km1,062 mi · 3 h SINDEL Singapore – Delhi 4,159 km2,584 mi · 5 h 55 min FRADEL Frankfurt – Delhi 6,122 km3,804 mi · 7 h 25 min LHRDEL London – Delhi 6,731 km4,183 mi · 8 h 05 min

Routes of a similar length

LAXPVG Los Angeles – Shanghai 10,415 km6,472 mi · 14 h SFOTPE San Francisco – Taipei 10,391 km6,457 mi · 14 h LAXAKL Los Angeles – Auckland 10,487 km6,516 mi · 13 h 20 min DFWHND Dallas–Fort Worth – Tokyo 10,378 km6,448 mi · 13 h 50 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).