Sydney to Melbourne
🇦🇺SYD🇦🇺MELSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport to Melbourne AirportDomestic, Australia
Distance
706 km
439 miles
Frequency
442 departures a week
S26 schedule
Airlines
5
Qantas, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways, codeshares included
Typical delay
16 min
99 departures
The route
Great circle, 706 kmHow delayed is this route?
Measured over monthsDepartures from Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport on this route are typically 16 minutes late (likely 13 to 19), across 99 departures we tracked between 2026-03-27 and 2026-09-06.
median delay of tracked departures on this leg. Flight Owl's own resolved departure predictions (flights our users tracked), not a census of all flights at the airport.
Airlines on this route
5 airlines with a flight number here- QFQantas
- VAVirgin Australia
- JQJetstar Airways
- CXCathay Pacific
- WOWorld Airways
Every airline that puts its own flight number on this route. On a busy pair most of them are codeshare partners selling seats on another airline's aircraft, so this is wider than the list of airlines that actually operate it.
Flights on this route
2 of 112 flight numbers tracked often enough to describe| Flight | Airline | Departs | Aircraft | Departures seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JQ 501 | Jetstar Airways | 06:00 | A320 on 92% of sightings, also A20N, A21N | 23 |
| JQ 523 | Jetstar Airways | 16:40 | A320 on 68% of sightings, also A321, A21N | 10 |
Departure times are local to Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport. A flight appears here once we have tracked it at least 10 times.