Flight time
3h 2m
Melbourne to Hamilton Island, scheduled
Melbourne to Hamilton Island
MEL → HTI · 1,965 km · Hamilton Island to Melbourne
Distance
1,965 km
great-circle
Punctuality for this route is no longer reported, though historical figures remain below.
The route
1,965 km great-circle · 3h 2m typical
Cancellations over time
Punctuality data begins Nov 2003 and runs to Mar 2017. Gaps are months with no reported services, not missing data.
Punctuality is no longer reported for this route. The historical series above ends Mar 2017.
Passengers, 2013 to 2026
Not enough data to chart.
Not enough data to chart.
Traffic: to Jun 2026 · Marks show industry events
Passenger figures count both directions together — Melbourne to Hamilton Island and back. The published statistics do not separate them. Cancellations, punctuality and flight numbers above are for Melbourne to Hamilton Island only.
How long is the flight?
Scheduled flight time from Melbourne to Hamilton Island is 3h 2m gate to gate, over 1,965 km. The return leg is scheduled at much the same, 3h 5m.
This is scheduled block time — from leaving the gate to reaching it at the other end — not time in the air, and not a substitute for checking your own booking. It is a median across the flights currently timetabled on this leg.
Flight numbers on this route
2 flight numbers currently scheduled from Melbourne to Hamilton Island. These are the numbers you book under — some are operated by a regional partner such as QantasLink or Alliance.
The route still operates, but it is no longer large enough to appear in the published passenger statistics — those end Mar 2020. The timetable below is current.
Typical flight time 3h 2m.
Not a daily service — this week it is scheduled on Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun (6 departures).
Qantas · 1 · Airbus A220-300
QF1596
Virgin Australia · 1 · Boeing 737-800
VA1749
Current timetable as at 2026-09-06
Timetables change; these are not a booking source and carry no punctuality figures of their own. The cancellation and on-time rates above are for the route as a whole, not for any single flight number — per-flight performance is not collected.
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 12,916 · Sep 2014 |
| Pandemic low | 3,655 · Mar 2020 |
| Great-circle distance | 1,965 km |
Traffic: to Jun 2026