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Route · Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

SYD Sydney ⇄ PER Perth

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

Distance3,277 km2,036 mi1,770 nautical miles
SYD → PER5 h 10 minestimated block time
PER → SYD4 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change−3 hPerth vs Sydney, today
Great-circle route from Sydney (SYD) to Perth (PER)SYDSydneyPERPerth
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 → PER

5 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 264° (W).

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

PER → SYD

4 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 104° (ESE).

Leave Perth Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Sydney Sat 7 Nov, 17:25 local.

PER-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 distance3,277 km · 2,036 mi · 1,770 nmi
Initial heading264° (W) from SYD; 104° (ESE) from PER
Farthest from the equator34.4°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
PERAustralia/Perth — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferencePerth 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 → PER. 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 PER Perth International AirportPerth, Australia · longest runway 11,299 ft3,444 m

More routes from SYD and PER

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 PERDPS Perth – Bali (Denpasar) 2,580 km1,603 mi · 4 h MELPER Melbourne – Perth 2,700 km1,678 mi · 4 h 25 min PERSIN Perth – Singapore 3,911 km2,430 mi · 5 h 35 min JNBPER Johannesburg – Perth 8,310 km5,163 mi · 9 h 40 min DXBPER Dubai – Perth 9,041 km5,618 mi · 11 h 05 min LHRPER London – Perth 14,508 km9,015 mi · 16 h 45 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).