✈ MEL → AMS

20H 26M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
20h 26m
Distance
10,276 mi
Or
16,538 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Melbourne to Amsterdam

From Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania  →  Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Amsterdam → Melbourne

How long is the flight from Melbourne to Amsterdam?

A nonstop flight from Melbourne (MEL) to Amsterdam (AMS) takes about 20 hours 26 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,276 miles (16,538 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

20h 26m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

10,276 mi

16,538 km · great-circle

Avg speed

809 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Amsterdam timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Amsterdam

Time difference

-8h

8 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~5.6d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2448 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2828 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 678 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.