✈ SYD → TPE
9H 25M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Sydney to Taipei
From Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania → Taoyuan (TPE), Taiwan Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Taipei → Sydney
How long is the flight from Sydney to Taipei?
A nonstop flight from Sydney (SYD) to Taipei (TPE) takes about 9 hours 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,527 miles (7,285 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 25m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,527 mi
7,285 km · great-circle
Avg speed
773 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Sydney timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Sydney
Taipei timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Taipei
Time difference
-2h
2 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.4d
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.
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Long-haul from Sydney
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Flights to Taipei
Nearest origins
- Shanghai → Taipei
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- Manila → Taipei
- Seoul → Taipei
- Osaka → Taipei
- Beijing → Taipei
- Tokyo → Taipei
- Bangkok → Taipei
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- Kuala Lumpur → Taipei
Long-haul to Taipei
- Buenos Aires → Taipei
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- Miami → Taipei
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- Atlanta → Taipei
- Cape Town → Taipei
- New York → Taipei