Connecting at Sydney

Pick your two flights to see how much time that connection had between the gates on each of its last 10 days.

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Time between the gates, by time on the timetable

Sydney’s board shows about 68% of departures at their timetable time, so delays of a few minutes don’t show here.

TypicallyThe shortest 1 in 10 had this or less

25 to 44 min on the timetable

Typically 40 min between the gates; 1 in 10 had 8 min or less. 18,678 connections

45 to 59 min on the timetable

Typically 57 min between the gates; 1 in 10 had 26 min or less. 14,068 connections

1 h to 1 h 14 on the timetable

Typically 1 h 12 between the gates; 1 in 10 had 40 min or less. 13,661 connections

1 h 15 to 1 h 29 on the timetable

Typically 1 h 26 between the gates; 1 in 10 had 55 min or less. 13,109 connections

1 h 30 to 1 h 59 on the timetable

Typically 1 h 50 between the gates; 1 in 10 had 1 h 15 or less. 25,335 connections

2 h to 2 h 59 on the timetable

Typically 2 h 35 between the gates; 1 in 10 had 1 h 55 or less. 45,925 connections

3 h to 4 h on the timetable

Typically 3 h 37 between the gates; 1 in 10 had 2 h 56 or less. 41,450 connections

172,226 connections, 8 Oct to 4 Nov 2026, on partner airlines. Between the gates: the first plane reaching its gate to the second leaving its gate; boarding closes before that, so ask your airline when. Airlines sell a connection only when it is at least the airport’s minimum connection time, a figure for booking: these are the times connections then had.

More or less than the timetable

17% of connections had 15 min or more less than the timetable.

30 min or more less8%

15 to 29 min less8%

1 to 14 min less17%

0 to 14 min more31%

15 min or more extra35%

Typically 7 min more than the timetable.

Busiest connections

Melbourne to Brisbane373 connections Brisbane to Melbourne370 connections Canberra to Melbourne283 connections Melbourne to Canberra221 connections Gold Coast to Melbourne187 connections Melbourne to Gold Coast180 connections Adelaide to Melbourne163 connections Melbourne to Adelaide162 connections Canberra to Brisbane145 connections Melbourne to Perth133 connections Perth to Melbourne129 connections Brisbane to Canberra125 connections

By the hour you land

Share with 15 min or more less than the timetable.

By where you fly in from

Oceania16%

Asia22%

North America17%

Elsewhere23%

UK and Ireland12%

Middle East10%

Share with 15 min or more less than the timetable.

Other airports in Asia and Pacific

Beijing Capital PEK Tokyo Haneda HND Guangzhou CAN Shanghai Pudong PVG Seoul Incheon ICN Singapore Changi SIN Hong Kong HKG Bangkok Suvarnabhumi BKK Melbourne MEL

All airports · Departures at Sydney now (GateArrivals)

Statistics from past flights, not live flight information. Always check times and your connection with your airline, and don’t base travel or booking decisions on these numbers.