✈ MEL → HND

10H 28M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
10h 28m
Distance
5,069 mi
Or
8,158 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Melbourne to Tokyo

From Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania  →  Haneda (HND), Japan Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Tokyo → Melbourne

How long is the flight from Melbourne to Tokyo?

A nonstop flight from Melbourne (MEL) to Tokyo (HND) takes about 10 hours 28 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,069 miles (8,158 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 28m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,069 mi

8,158 km · great-circle

Avg speed

780 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Tokyo timezone

UTC+9

Asia/Tokyo

Time difference

-1h

1 hour behind

Jet lag (rough)

~0.7d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1207 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1395 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 334 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.