Distance from Melbourne to New York City
The great-circle distance between Melbourne, Australia and New York City, United States is 16,672 km (10,360 mi · 9,002 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,672 km · 10,360 mi · 9,002 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → New York City
- 72° (ENE)
- Initial bearing New York City → Melbourne
- 263° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 20 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+11:00 · New York City UTC-05:00 (-16 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 988 min — the sun rises earlier in Melbourne
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:07 UTC / 09:02 UTC
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:35 UTC / 21:46 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.