✈ SYD → MAN
21H FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Sydney to Manchester
From Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania → Manchester Airport (MAN), United Kingdom Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Manchester → Sydney
How long is the flight from Sydney to Manchester?
A nonstop flight from Sydney (SYD) to Manchester (MAN) takes about 21 hours, covering a great-circle distance of 10,571 miles (17,012 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
21h
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
10,571 mi
17,012 km · great-circle
Avg speed
810 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Sydney timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Sydney
Manchester timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Time difference
-9h
9 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~6.3d
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 Sydney
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- Sydney → Hong Kong
- Sydney → Bangkok
- Sydney → Osaka
Long-haul from Sydney
- Sydney → Lisbon
- Sydney → Casablanca
- Sydney → Madrid
- Sydney → Dublin
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- Sydney → Paris
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Flights to Manchester
Nearest origins
- London → Manchester
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- Edinburgh → Manchester
- Amsterdam → Manchester
- Brussels → Manchester
- Paris → Manchester
- Frankfurt → Manchester
- Copenhagen → Manchester
- Zurich → Manchester
- Berlin → Manchester