WhatFliesWhere › Melbourne (MEL) › Sydney (SYD)
Nonstop flights from Melbourne to Sydney
3 airlines fly this route, with up to 83 flights a day.
439 mi · 462 flights a week · about 1h 25m
MEL SYD
When they leave Melbourne time 6:00a 9:00p First departure 6:00 AM, last 9:00 PM 26 in the morning, 6:00 AM to 11:40 AM, then 16 in the afternoon, 12:00 PM to 4:45 PM, then 22 in the evening, 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Every flight Earliest first 6:00 AM→ 7:30 AM Qantas Airbus A220-300 · 1h 30m Daily 6:00 AM→ 7:25 AM Virgin Australia Boeing 737 MAX 8 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 6:00 AM→ 7:35 AM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 35m Tue, Fri, Sat, Sun 6:35 AM→ 8:05 AM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 30m Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 6:45 AM→ 8:15 AM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 30m Wed, Thu, Fri 6:45 AM→ 8:20 AM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 35m Daily 7:00 AM→ 8:35 AM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 35m Daily 7:10 AM→ 8:45 AM Qantas Boeing 737 · 1h 35m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 7:20 AM→ 8:55 AM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 35m Daily 7:25 AM→ 9:00 AM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 35m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 7:30 AM→ 8:55 AM Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 7:45 AM→ 9:20 AM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 35m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 8:00 AM→ 9:30 AM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 30m Daily 8:15 AM→ 9:45 AM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 30m Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 8:15 AM→ 9:45 AM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 30m Daily 8:45 AM→ 10:15 AM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 30m Mon, Thu, Fri 8:55 AM→ 10:25 AM Qantas Boeing 737 · 1h 30m Daily 9:20 AM→ 10:50 AM Jetstar Airbus A321neo · 1h 30m Daily 9:30 AM→ 11:00 AM Qantas Airbus A321neo · 1h 30m Daily 10:00 AM→ 11:25 AM Qantas Airbus A321neo · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 10:40 AM→ 12:05 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 10:40 AM→ 12:05 PM Qantas Airbus A220-300 · 1h 25m Tue 11:00 AM→ 12:25 PM Qantas 737 or A330-300 · 1h 25m Daily 11:10 AM→ 12:35 PM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 25m Daily 11:40 AM→ 1:10 PM Jetstar Airbus A321neo · 1h 30m Wed, Sun 12:00 PM→ 1:25 PM Qantas 737-800 or A330-300 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 12:30 PM→ 1:55 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 1:00 PM→ 2:25 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 1:05 PM→ 2:30 PM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 25m Daily 1:30 PM→ 2:55 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun 2:00 PM→ 3:25 PM Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 2:05 PM→ 3:30 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 2:20 PM→ 3:45 PM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun 2:30 PM→ 3:55 PM Qantas Boeing 737 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 2:55 PM→ 4:20 PM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 25m Daily 3:00 PM→ 4:25 PM Qantas Airbus A321neo · 1h 25m Daily 3:00 PM→ 4:25 PM Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 3:25 PM→ 4:50 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 3:25 PM→ 4:50 PM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 25m Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun 3:30 PM→ 4:55 PM Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 4:00 PM→ 5:30 PM Qantas Boeing 737 · 1h 30m Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun 4:00 PM→ 5:25 PM Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 4:30 PM→ 6:00 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 30m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 4:30 PM→ 5:55 PM Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 4:45 PM→ 6:15 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 30m Wed, Thu, Fri 4:45 PM→ 6:10 PM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 25m Daily 5:05 PM→ 6:35 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 30m Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun 5:10 PM→ 6:40 PM Qantas Airbus A220-300 · 1h 30m Tue, Wed 5:25 PM→ 6:55 PM Qantas Airbus A220-300 · 1h 30m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 5:25 PM→ 6:50 PM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 25m Daily 5:45 PM→ 7:15 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 30m Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 6:00 PM→ 7:30 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 30m Daily 6:00 PM→ 7:25 PM Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 6:30 PM→ 7:55 PM Virgin Australia Boeing 737 MAX 8 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 6:35 PM→ 8:05 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 30m Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 6:50 PM→ 8:20 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 30m Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 7:00 PM→ 8:25 PM Jetstar Airbus A321 · 1h 25m Tue 7:15 PM→ 8:40 PM Qantas Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 7:20 PM→ 8:45 PM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 25m Daily 7:50 PM→ 9:15 PM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 25m Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun 8:10 PM→ 9:35 PM Qantas Airbus A321neo · 1h 25m Daily 8:20 PM→ 9:45 PM Jetstar Airbus A320 · 1h 25m Daily 8:30 PM→ 9:55 PM Qantas Boeing 737 · 1h 25m Fri 8:50 PM→ 10:15 PM Jetstar Airbus A321 · 1h 25m Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 9:00 PM→ 10:25 PM Qantas Airbus A321neo · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 9:00 PM→ 10:25 PM Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 · 1h 25m Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
Schedules last checked Oct 7, 2026. Times are local.
Flying from Melbourne to Sydney Qantas flies most often, 15 to 34 times a day on the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A321neo, Boeing 737 and Airbus A220-300. Virgin Australia flies 13 to 32 times a day on the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737 and Boeing 737 MAX 8. Jetstar flies 14 to 17 times a day on the Airbus A320, Airbus A321 and Airbus A321neo.
Flights run every day of the week, from 42 on Saturdays to 83 on Fridays. The first arrival in Sydney is at 7:25 AM and the last at 10:25 PM. The flight covers 439 miles, and scheduled flight times run from 1h 25m to 1h 35m.
Flying back, Sydney to Melbourne has 461 nonstop flights a week. Avalon (AVV) also has nonstop flights to Sydney, 31 a week.
Return flights
Schedules as of Oct 9, 2026.