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Route · Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

SYD Sydney ⇄ NOU Nouméa

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

Distance1,981 km1,231 mi1,069 nautical miles
SYD → NOU3 h 10 minestimated block time
NOU → SYD3 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hNouméa vs Sydney, today
Great-circle route from Sydney (SYD) to Nouméa (NOU)SYDSydneyNOUNouméa
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 → NOU

3 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 52° (NE).

Leave Sydney Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Nouméa Sat 7 Nov, 13:10 local.

NOU → SYD

3 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 225° (SW).

Leave Nouméa Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Sydney Sat 7 Nov, 13:25 local.

SYD-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 distance1,981 km · 1,231 mi · 1,069 nmi
Initial heading52° (NE) from SYD; 225° (SW) from NOU
Farthest from the equator33.9°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip10% 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
NOUPacific/Noumea — UTC+11 now; UTC+11 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceNouméa is on the same clock as Sydney today; ±0 h in January and +1 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying SYD → NOU. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International AirportSydney, Australia · longest runway 12,999 ft3,962 m NOU La Tontouta International AirportNouméa, New Caledonia · longest runway 10,663 ft3,250 m

More routes from SYD and NOU

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

Routes of a similar length

LAXDFW Los Angeles – Dallas–Fort Worth 1,983 km1,232 mi · 3 h 05 min AUHBOM Abu Dhabi – Mumbai 1,971 km1,225 mi · 3 h 10 min PEKHKG Beijing – Hong Kong 1,992 km1,237 mi · 3 h 20 min BOSFLL Boston – Fort Lauderdale 1,994 km1,239 mi · 3 h 25 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).