✈ MEL → JFK

20H 38M, 10,374 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
20h 38m
Distance
10,374 mi
Or
16,696 km
Jet lag
14h

Flight from Melbourne to New York

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

↔ Flying the other way? New York → Melbourne

How long is the flight from Melbourne to New York?

A nonstop flight from Melbourne (MEL) to New York (JFK) takes about 20 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,374 miles (16,696 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

20h 38m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

10,374 mi

16,696 km · great-circle

Avg speed

809 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

New York 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.

✈ Flight 2471 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2855 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 685 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.