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Local time zone: Australia/Melbourne · currently 7:50 AM local
Melbourne International Airport (MEL) currently has nonstop service to 65 destinations on 42 airlines in our latest departure data. The busiest route is to Sydney (SYD), served by 3 carriers, and the largest operator here is Qantas with nonstops to 31 destinations. 36 of its routes are international.
Route data as of August 16, 2026, based on a 7-day departures sample.
You can fly nonstop from MEL to 65 destinations, including 36 international routes. Current schedules show about 295 flights per day across those routes. The busiest options start with Sydney (SYD), Brisbane (BNE), Adelaide (ADL).
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36 international routes in this schedule set
Australia 29 · China 9 · New Zealand 4
64-65/day on 3 airlines
Airbus A320 family · Boeing 737 · Airbus A220
These routes have enough tracked flights or schedule depth for a full guide with duration, distance, airlines, aircraft, and frequency.
Melbourne to Sydney · AU
Brisbane · 858 mi · 31-32/day
Adelaide · 399 mi · 20-21/day
Perth · 1,678 mi · 16-17/day
Gold Coast · 826 mi · 12-13/day
Canberra · 292 mi · 12-13/day
Hobart · 383 mi · 11/day
Singapore · 3,749 mi · 9-10/day
Ranked by destinations served, then daily frequency.
+2 more MEL routes on Rex Regional Express — use the full route directory for every destination.
Grouped by departure terminal in our schedule data, with each carrier's share of that terminal's captured departures.
Ranked by airlines operating the route. Routes with enough tracked data or schedule depth link to full route guides.
Showing the 60 busiest destinations. Browse all 65 MEL nonstop destinations →
Melbourne International Airport (MEL / YMML) is located in Melbourne, Australia.
The IATA code is MEL. The ICAO code is YMML.
The busiest scheduled route from MEL in our current departure data is MEL to SYD (Sydney), with 64-65/day across 3 airlines.
Qantas is the largest operator in our MEL schedule data, serving 31 destinations with 101/day.
MEL has 36 international routes and 29 domestic routes in the current schedule set.
42 airlines operate at MEL. Top carriers include Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Australia, Rex Regional Express, Air New Zealand.
MEL has direct flights to 65 destinations including Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Gold Coast.
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