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 439 routes we track, it ranks 167 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.
Can the Boeing 787-9 comfortably fly VN773?
Not at all. At roughly 49% of its range, this is an easy trip for a Boeing 787-9. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 787-9.
What to know about VN773
- Time change: you land 4 hours ahead of the time you left.
- Crosses the equator: you swap seasons between takeoff and landing.