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 5 min or less. 18,437 connections

45 to 59 min on the timetable

Typically 57 min between the gates; 1 in 10 had 25 min or less. 13,583 connections

1 h to 1 h 14 on the timetable

Typically 1 h 12 between the gates; 1 in 10 had 39 min or less. 13,510 connections

1 h 15 to 1 h 29 on the timetable

Typically 1 h 27 between the gates; 1 in 10 had 53 min or less. 12,802 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. 24,992 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. 45,030 connections

3 h to 4 h on the timetable

Typically 3 h 37 between the gates; 1 in 10 had 2 h 55 or less. 40,776 connections

169,130 connections, 19 Oct to 15 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

18% of connections had 15 min or more less than the timetable.

30 min or more less9%

15 to 29 min less9%

1 to 14 min less17%

0 to 14 min more30%

15 min or more extra36%

Typically 7 min more than the timetable.

Busiest connections

Brisbane to Melbourne396 connections Melbourne to Brisbane365 connections Canberra to Melbourne270 connections Melbourne to Canberra222 connections Melbourne to Gold Coast179 connections Gold Coast to Melbourne174 connections Melbourne to Adelaide164 connections Adelaide to Melbourne162 connections Canberra to Brisbane144 connections Brisbane to Canberra141 connections Melbourne to Perth139 connections Perth to Melbourne128 connections

By the hour you land

Share with 15 min or more less than the timetable.

By where you fly in from

Oceania17%

Asia18%

North America23%

Elsewhere24%

UK and Ireland10%

Middle East4%

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 Mumbai BOM Hong Kong HKG Bangkok Suvarnabhumi BKK

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.