Melbourne to Canberra flight time

At the moment, you can catch a nonstop flight from Melbourne to Canberra with the following airlines, including: Virgin Australia Jetstar Airways Qantas Airways Selected airlines are based on historical data collected from flight bookings users made on Trip.com within the last 90 days.

It takes around 1 hour 10 minutes to fly from Melbourne (MEL) to Canberra (CBR).

By analyzing data from all airlines on the Trip.com flight calendar, it looks like the best time to book a flight from Melbourne to Canberra is around 40 days (6 weeks) in advance, and the best time to fly is usually on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Tuesday typically offers the cheapest flights for departure, while Saturday offers the best return deals.

Based on Trip.com data in the past 4 weeks, there is 99 flight per week flying from Melbourne to Canberra. You can check the weekly schedule for popular airlines on this route below: Virgin Australia: S/M/T/W/T/F/S -- VA6134 (07:57) Virgin Australia: S/M/T/W/T/F/S -- VA267 (12:39)

The cheapest months to fly from Melbourne to Canberra is August, when demand for travel is lower.

After crunching the numbers on our December flight calendar, it's currently cheapest to fly from Melbourne to Canberra on December 18, 2025 with Jetstar Airways, with prices starting at VND 1,592,309.

You can land at any one of the following hubs in Canberra, with Melbourne Airport to Canberra Airport (MEL-CBR) is by far the most common option on this route: Canberra Airport (CBR).

The time difference between Canberra and Melbourne is 0h.

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