VN773 distance and great-circle path
VN773 covers 6,846 km, or 4,254 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 255 routes we track, it ranks 127 by distance.
The plane leaves Ho Chi Minh City heading south-east. On the map above, the line looks curved. That is normal. The shortest path over a round planet never looks straight on a flat screen. Our guide explains how the SGN–SYD route appears on a tracker map.
Why VN773 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 8.6 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 798 km/h. A Boeing 787-9 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Winds aloft shift the real flight time by up to an hour in either direction. See how timing changes the trip in our red-eye flight guide.
What to know about VN773
- Time change: you land 3 hours ahead of the time you left.
- Crosses the equator: you swap seasons between takeoff and landing.