Cheapest€59.14
- National Jet Express NJ111919:431h 23m21:06Melbourne MELAdelaide ADL
Door to door 4h 33mCO2 165.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Melbourne to Adelaide flight
Flights from Melbourne to Adelaide start at €76.84 and take 4h 26m at their fastest.
The Flights from Melbourne to Adelaide starts at €76.84 and takes 4h 26m door to door, run by 3 operators over 673 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 26mDoor to door
- 1h 16mMoving
- €76.84From
- 165.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€63.27
- Virgin Australia VA688706:011h 16m07:17Melbourne AVVAdelaide ADL
Door to door 4h 26mCO2 165.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Virgin Australia | €59.73 |
 National Jet Express | €59.14 |
 Regional Express | €60.32 |
The flight gets you into Adelaide. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Adelaide
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When to book Melbourne to Adelaide
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €62.0990 days
- €48.5260 days
- €57.3745 days
- €60.9130 days
- €72.7121 days
- €78.0214 days
- €91.007 days
- €100.443 days
- €126.401 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €48.52.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 161 percent. The most expensive point is €126.40, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €86.87Sun
- €76.84Mon
- €78.61Tue
- €76.84Wed
- €78.02Thu
- €84.51Fri
- €93.95Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Melbourne
Air
- MEL
- AVV
Adelaide
Air
- ADL
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 673 km against 654 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Melbourne at 06:01 and the last at 19:52, across 18 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 26m | 1h 16m | 3h 10m | €76.84 | 165.6 kg | 18 |
| Train | 5h 10m | 4h 26m | 44m | €85.04 | 21.6 kg | 9 |
Questions about Melbourne to Adelaide
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Melbourne to Adelaide take?
The Flight from Melbourne to Adelaide takes 4h 26m door to door, of which 1h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 673 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Melbourne to Adelaide cost?
The Flight from Melbourne to Adelaide starts at €76.84 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €72.71. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Melbourne to Adelaide?
3 operators run the Flight from Melbourne to Adelaide: Virgin Australia, National Jet Express, Regional Express. Between them they file around 18 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Melbourne to Adelaide use?
The Flight from Melbourne to Adelaide leaves from Melbourne AVV and arrives at Adelaide ADL. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Flight the best way from Melbourne to Adelaide?
The Flight is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Melbourne to Adelaide, at €76.84 and 4h 26m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Flight from Melbourne to Adelaide?
Fares for the Flight from Melbourne to Adelaide bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €48.52. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Melbourne to Adelaide produce?
The Flight from Melbourne to Adelaide produces about 165.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 673 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Melbourne to Adelaide on September 10, 2026: 673 km of route against 654 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €76.84, and 4h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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