Australian Flight Data

Dallas to Sydney

USA · 190 months of data from Feb 2000 · Sydney to Dallas

Passengers
77,995
Dallas to Sydney, 12 months to May 2026
Both directions
177,414
including Sydney to Dallas
Flight time
17h
1h 30m longer than the return
Load factor
78%
seats filled on this leg

Traffic: 12 months to May 2026

77,995 passengers flew Dallas to Sydney in the 12 months to May 2026, out of 177,414 on the route in both directions. Traffic leans outbound: 99,419 departing against 77,995 arriving. Flights run about 78% full, much the same in both directions.

The route

Sydney Dallas

Distances are true from Sydney; the ring marks the distance to Dallas.

How long is the flight?

Scheduled flight time from Dallas to Sydney is 17h gate to gate, over 13,804 km. Coming back takes 15h 30m — a difference of 1h 30m, so this direction is the slower one.

Scheduled block time — gate to gate, not time in the air — taken from the current timetable for this leg. Long-haul flights are often timetabled differently in each direction because of winds aloft, so the return is not always the same length. Check your own booking for the flight you are taking.

Flight numbers on this route

1 flight number currently scheduled from Dallas to Sydney. These are the numbers you book under.

Scheduled every day this week — 7 departures in all.

Qantas · 1 · Airbus A380-800

QF8

Current timetable as at 2026-09-06

Timetables change, and these carry no punctuality figures of their own — no on-time data is published for international flights at all. The passenger and load factor figures above cover the route, not any single flight number.

Passengers, 2000 to 2026

09,42118,842 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
09,42118,842Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 May 2021Nov 2023May 2026
010,99521,989Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 May 2016May 2021May 2026
010,99521,989Volcanic ash cloud disrupts southern Australia — Jun 2011 Qantas grounds its entire fleet — Oct 2011 Skywest becomes Virgin Australia Regional Airlines — May 2013 Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Feb 2000Jul 2018May 2026

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How full were the flights?

Inbound load factor, read as a floor rather than an exact figure. Some flights on this pair also carried passengers to and from other cities, and their seats cannot be split between those journeys. Dividing by every seat on every aircraft that touched the route gives the lowest the true figure can be, so actual occupancy is at or above the line. Seat data begins in 2009, so this series is shorter than the passenger chart above.

69%76%84% May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
49%77%106% Feb 2022May 2024May 2026
49%77%106% May 2016Mar 2022May 2026
25%66%106% May 2011Nov 2017May 2026

Load factor: seats data from 2009

When is this route busiest?

Average passengers by calendar month over the last ten years, relative to the annual average.

J: 1.09× the annual average J F: 0.75× the annual average F M: 0.95× the annual average M A: 0.97× the annual average A M: 1.01× the annual average M J: 1.03× the annual average J J: 1.06× the annual average J A: 0.98× the annual average A S: 1.03× the annual average S O: 1.05× the annual average O N: 0.97× the annual average N D: 1.10× the annual average D

Freight

Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.

092183 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
0125250 May 2021Nov 2023May 2026
0125250 May 2016May 2021May 2026
0125250 Feb 2000Jul 2018May 2026

To May 2026

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record21,989 · Dec 2017
Data coverageFeb 2000 – May 2026 (190 months)
Freight, 12 months to May 20261,331 tonnes
Destination regionUSA

No punctuality data is published for international services, so there are no cancellation or on-time figures on this page. That series covers domestic routes only.

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