Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
MES to SDY: distance & flight time
Medan (Soewondo Air Force Base) → Sidney (Sidney - Richland Regional Airport)
8,634 mi
13,894 km · 7,502 nm
17h 24m
estimated nonstop flight time
-13h
time difference · heading north
See live MES→SDY fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
8,634 miles nonstop takes roughly 17h 24m gate to gate, flying north. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 13-hour time set-back when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- MES — Soewondo Air Force Base · Medan, Indonesia
- SDY — Sidney - Richland Regional Airport · Sidney, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
Near MES
- KNO · Kualanamu International Airport16 mi away
- DTB · Silangit Airport92 mi away
- PKG · Pulau Pangkor Airport138 mi away
- FLZ · Dr Ferdinand Lumban Tobing Airport139 mi away
Near SDY
- ISN · Sloulin Field International Airport41 mi away
- GDV · Dawson Community Airport49 mi away
- OLF · L M Clayton Airport69 mi away
- DIK · Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport91 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is MES from SDY?
The flight distance from Medan (MES) to Sidney (SDY) is 8,634 miles (13,894 km, 7,502 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from MES to SDY?
A nonstop flight takes about 17h 24m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the time difference between Medan and Sidney?
Sidney is 13 hours behind Medan.
What is the cheapest way to fly from MES to SDY?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on MES–SDY that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.