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Flying from Brisbane to Singapore?

Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.

About this route

BrisbaneSingapore

A long flight from Australia to Singapore. You gain 2 hours on arrival.

Route type International
Distance 6,143 km / 3,817 mi
Distance class Long-haul
Direction West-northwest
Est. duration About 8h 25m
Time change Destination -2h

This route crosses the Tropic of Capricorn, the southernmost latitude where the sun passes directly overhead.

Departing from

BNE

Brisbane International Airport

Location Brisbane, Australia
Time zone GMT+10 · UTC+10
Current time

Queensland's river capital

Brisbane curls along the looping Brisbane River in Australia's subtropical northeast, a spread-out, low-rise city by Australian capital standards. The Airtrain runs directly from the airport into the city center and onward to the Gold Coast, a long-standing and reliable link. Summers are hot and humid with a real risk of subtropical storms, while winters stay mild. Brisbane is the gateway to both the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, so plenty of travelers passing through are just connecting onward by car or train rather than stopping in the city itself.

Surrounding hubs

2,089 km / 1,298 mi
2,295 km / 1,426 mi
2,710 km / 1,684 mi

Arriving at

SIN

Singapore Changi Airport

Location Singapore, Singapore
Time zone GMT+8 · UTC+8
Current time

The garden city-state

Singapore is a dense, tropical city-state at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, a single island where the city and the country are the same thing. It is famously orderly and green, easy to cross on a clean and frequent metro, and built for the heat and sudden rain. The center mixes high finance, colonial remnants, and hawker food, with residential towers spread across the island. Distances are short, and the transit makes a car unnecessary.

Surrounding hubs

1,118 km / 695 mi
1,417 km / 880 mi
2,218 km / 1,378 mi
How it works

Find out which side of the plane to sit on.

Pick your airports, set your departure time, and you're done.

We calculate the sun's position based on your flight path and departure time, then tell you which side of the plane gets direct sun and which stays shaded. No guessing, just math.

01

Enter your flight

Pick your departure and arrival airports and set your departure time at the departure airport. FlightSide estimates the duration and you can adjust it if you know the exact schedule.

02

We track the sun along your route

Your flight path is broken into hundreds of points. At each one we check where the sun is and which side of the plane it faces.

03

You get a recommendation

Which side of the plane to sit on, left or right, depending on whether you'd rather avoid the sun or enjoy it. The percentages and the map are there if you want to see why.

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