Manila to Melbourne

Philippines · 494 months of data from Jan 1985 · Melbourne to Manila

Traffic: 12 months to May 2026

133,739 passengers flew Manila to Melbourne in the 12 months to May 2026, out of 253,155 on the route in both directions. Traffic leans inbound: 133,739 arriving against 119,416 departing. Flights Manila to Melbourne run 78% full, against 69% coming back. This route has been reported for 41 years.

The route

Distances are true from Melbourne; the ring marks the distance to Manila.

How long is the flight?

Scheduled flight time from Manila to Melbourne is 8h 15m gate to gate, over 6,291 km. Coming back takes 8h 30m — a difference of 15m, so this direction is the quicker 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

2 flight numbers currently scheduled from Manila to Melbourne. These are the numbers you book under.

Not a daily service — this week it is scheduled on Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun (7 departures).

Cebu Pacific Air · 1 · Airbus A330, Airbus A330-900

5J49

Philippine · 1 · Airbus A330-300

PR209

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, 1985 to 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.

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.

Freight

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

To May 2026

The route in numbers

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.

Related routes

From Melbourne

• Melbourne ↔ Singapore
• Melbourne ↔ Denpasar
• Melbourne ↔ Auckland
• Melbourne ↔ Hong Kong
• Melbourne ↔ Kuala Lumpur

To Manila

• Sydney ↔ Manila
• Brisbane ↔ Manila
• Perth ↔ Manila
• Cairns ↔ Manila

Airport data

• Melbourne Airport