JQ 523Sydney to Melbourne

Jetstar Airways🇦🇺SYD🇦🇺MELSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport to Melbourne Airport

Departs

15:40

observed schedule, local to Sydney

Operates

Daily

2026 observed schedule

Distance

706 km

439 miles

Stored schedule example

1 hr 35 min

Departure (Australia/Sydney): 2 Oct 2026, 16:40; arrival (Australia/Melbourne): 2 Oct 2026, 18:15

Observations: 6 Apr to 2 Oct 2026. This period describes the flights recorded, not whether the timetable is still valid.

The route

Great circle, 706 km

706 km (439 miles) great-circle, measured between the two airports' published coordinates. The line is the shortest path over the globe, which on a flat map bows away from a straight line.

What flies it

37 sightings

Airbus A320-200 (A320) in 62% of 37 observations; also Airbus A321-200 (A321), Airbus A321LR/XLR neo (A21N).

Aircraft types we recorded on this flight. A type is never inferred from the route, so a flight we have not seen closely shows none.

Other flights on this route

5 more

Other observed flight numbers from Sydney to Melbourne
Flight	Airline	Departs	Departures seen
JQ 501	Jetstar Airways	06:00	56
QF 401	Qantas	06:00	21
VA 872	Virgin Australia	16:45	14
QF 467	Qantas	16:45	11
JQ 525	Jetstar Airways	16:25	10

Where it goes

SYD → MELSydney to MelbourneEvery airline on this route SYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportDeparture airport MELMelbourne AirportArrival airport

How these numbers are measured