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Route · Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

SYD Sydney ⇄ MNL Manila

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

Distance6,263 km3,892 mi3,382 nautical miles
SYD → MNL8 h 20 minestimated block time
MNL → SYD8 hestimated block time
Clock change−3 hManila vs Sydney, today
Great-circle route from Sydney (SYD) to Manila (MNL)SYDSydneyMNLManila
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 → MNL

8 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 324° (NW).

Leave Sydney Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Manila Sat 7 Nov, 15:20 local.

MNL → SYD

8 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 150° (SSE).

Leave Manila Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Sydney Sat 7 Nov, 21:00 local.

MNL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 15 minutes in our estimate: the route runs partly 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 distance6,263 km · 3,892 mi · 3,382 nmi
Initial heading324° (NW) from SYD; 150° (SSE) from MNL
Farthest from the equator33.9°S
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip31% 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
MNLAsia/Manila — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceManila is 3 hours behind Sydney today; −3 h in January and −2 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying SYD → MNL. Your body clock has to move 3 hours 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 3 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 MNL Ninoy Aquino International AirportManila, Philippines · longest runway 12,261 ft3,737 m

More routes from SYD and MNL

SYDCBR Sydney – Canberra 236 km147 mi · 1 h 20 min SYDCHC Sydney – Christchurch 2,126 km1,321 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 MNLCEB Manila – Cebu 567 km352 mi · 1 h 40 min HKGMNL Hong Kong – Manila 1,146 km712 mi · 2 h 20 min SINMNL Singapore – Manila 2,375 km1,476 mi · 3 h 45 min LAXMNL Los Angeles – Manila 11,740 km7,295 mi · 15 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

JFKZRH New York – Zurich 6,310 km3,921 mi · 7 h 40 min EWRFRA Newark – Frankfurt 6,211 km3,859 mi · 7 h 35 min DTWAMS Detroit – Amsterdam 6,324 km3,929 mi · 7 h 45 min IADCDG Washington – Paris 6,198 km3,851 mi · 7 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).