✈ ATL → SYD
18H 32M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.
Flight from Atlanta to Sydney
From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America → Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania
↔ Flying the other way? Sydney → Atlanta
How long is the flight from Atlanta to Sydney?
A nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Sydney (SYD) takes about 18 hours 32 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,285 miles (14,943 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
18h 32m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
9,285 mi
14,943 km · great-circle
Avg speed
806 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Atlanta timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Sydney timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Sydney
Time difference
+14h
14 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~14d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Atlanta
Nearest destinations
- Atlanta → Miami
- Atlanta → Chicago
- Atlanta → Dallas
- Atlanta → Toronto
- Atlanta → New York
- Atlanta → Cancun
- Atlanta → Boston
- Atlanta → Mexico City
- Atlanta → Las Vegas
- Atlanta → Los Angeles
Long-haul from Atlanta
- Atlanta → Bali (Denpasar)
- Atlanta → Singapore
- Atlanta → Kuala Lumpur
- Atlanta → Melbourne
- Atlanta → Bangkok
- Atlanta → Manila
- Atlanta → Mumbai
- Atlanta → Johannesburg
- Atlanta → Hong Kong
- Atlanta → Cape Town
More flights to Oceania
Flights to Sydney
Nearest origins
- Melbourne → Sydney
- Auckland → Sydney
- Bali (Denpasar) → Sydney
- Manila → Sydney
- Singapore → Sydney
- Kuala Lumpur → Sydney
- Taipei → Sydney
- Hong Kong → Sydney
- Bangkok → Sydney
- Osaka → Sydney
Long-haul to Sydney
- Lisbon → Sydney
- Casablanca → Sydney
- Madrid → Sydney
- Dublin → Sydney
- Barcelona → Sydney
- London → Sydney
- Manchester → Sydney
- Paris → Sydney
- Edinburgh → Sydney
- Brussels → Sydney