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Route · Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

SYD Sydney ⇄ NAN Nadi (Fiji)

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

Distance3,169 km1,969 mi1,711 nautical miles
SYD → NAN4 h 25 minestimated block time
NAN → SYD4 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hNadi (Fiji) vs Sydney, today
Great-circle route from Sydney (SYD) to Nadi (Fiji) (NAN)SYDSydneyNANNadi (Fiji)
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 → NAN

4 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 62° (ENE).

Leave Sydney Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Nadi (Fiji) Sat 7 Nov, 15:25 local.

NAN → SYD

4 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 230° (SW).

Leave Nadi (Fiji) Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Sydney Sat 7 Nov, 13:55 local.

SYD-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 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 distance3,169 km · 1,969 mi · 1,711 nmi
Initial heading62° (ENE) from SYD; 230° (SW) from NAN
Farthest from the equator33.9°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip16% 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
NANPacific/Fiji — UTC+12 now; UTC+12 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceNadi (Fiji) is 1 hour ahead of Sydney today; +1 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 → NAN. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward 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 NAN Nadi International AirportNadi (Fiji), Fiji · longest runway 10,739 ft3,273 m

More routes from SYD and NAN

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 AKLNAN Auckland – Nadi (Fiji) 2,156 km1,340 mi · 3 h 30 min LAXNAN Los Angeles – Nadi (Fiji) 8,893 km5,526 mi · 11 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

BOGMEX Bogotá – Mexico City 3,159 km1,963 mi · 4 h 45 min MANAYT Manchester – Antalya 3,131 km1,945 mi · 4 h 20 min LAXATL Los Angeles – Atlanta 3,126 km1,942 mi · 4 h 15 min JNBMRU Johannesburg – Mauritius 3,066 km1,905 mi · 4 h 20 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).