✈ BRU → SYD
20H 41M, 10,400 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.
Flight from Brussels to Sydney
From Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe → Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania
↔ Flying the other way? Sydney → Brussels
How long is the flight from Brussels to Sydney?
A nonstop flight from Brussels (BRU) to Sydney (SYD) takes about 20 hours 41 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,400 miles (16,737 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
20h 41m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
10,400 mi
16,737 km · great-circle
Avg speed
810 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Brussels timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Brussels
Sydney timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Sydney
Time difference
+8h
8 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~8d
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 Brussels
Nearest destinations
- Brussels → Amsterdam
- Brussels → Paris
- Brussels → Frankfurt
- Brussels → London
- Brussels → Zurich
- Brussels → Manchester
- Brussels → Munich
- Brussels → Berlin
- Brussels → Milan
- Brussels → Prague
Long-haul from Brussels
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
- Amsterdam → Sydney