JQ 525Sydney to Melbourne

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

Departs

16:00

observed schedule, local to Sydney

Operates

Daily

Summer 2026 observed schedule

Distance

706 km

439 miles

Stored schedule example

1 hr 35 min

Departure (Australia/Sydney): 3 Oct 2026, 17:00; arrival (Australia/Melbourne): 3 Oct 2026, 18:35

Observations: 15 Apr to 28 Sept 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

30 sightings

Airbus A320-200 (A320) in 97% of 30 observations; also Airbus A320neo (A20N).

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	05:00	48
JQ 523	Jetstar Airways	15:40	17
QF 401	Qantas	05:00	16
VA 872	Virgin Australia	16:45	14
QF 467	Qantas	16:45	11

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