✈ BOS → MEL

20H 55M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.

Flight time
20h 55m
Distance
10,527 mi
Or
16,941 km
Jet lag
14h

Flight from Boston to Melbourne

From Logan (BOS), USA North America  →  Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania

↔ Flying the other way? Melbourne → Boston

How long is the flight from Boston to Melbourne?

A nonstop flight from Boston (BOS) to Melbourne (MEL) takes about 20 hours 55 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,527 miles (16,941 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

20h 55m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

10,527 mi

16,941 km · great-circle

Avg speed

810 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Boston timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Time difference

+14h

14 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~14d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 2507 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2897 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 695 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.