✈ MEL → BOS
20H 55M, 10,527 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.
Flight from Melbourne to Boston
From Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania → Logan (BOS), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Boston → Melbourne
How long is the flight from Melbourne to Boston?
A nonstop flight from Melbourne (MEL) to Boston (BOS) 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
Melbourne timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Melbourne
Boston timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Time difference
-14h
14 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~9.8d
Westward — easier
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 Melbourne
Nearest destinations
- Melbourne → Sydney
- Melbourne → Auckland
- Melbourne → Bali (Denpasar)
- Melbourne → Singapore
- Melbourne → Manila
- Melbourne → Kuala Lumpur
- Melbourne → Bangkok
- Melbourne → Taipei
- Melbourne → Hong Kong
- Melbourne → Shanghai
Long-haul from Melbourne
- Melbourne → Lisbon
- Melbourne → Casablanca
- Melbourne → Madrid
- Melbourne → Dublin
- Melbourne → Manchester
- Melbourne → London
- Melbourne → Edinburgh
- Melbourne → Barcelona
- Melbourne → Paris
- Melbourne → New York
More flights to North America
Flights to Boston
Nearest origins
- New York → Boston
- Toronto → Boston
- Chicago → Boston
- Atlanta → Boston
- Miami → Boston
- Dallas → Boston
- Cancun → Boston
- Mexico City → Boston
- Las Vegas → Boston
- Seattle → Boston