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8 on 6 off shift calendar 2027
8 on 6 off is eight 12 hours shifts, then six days off. Unlike 2 and 1 or 3 and 1, the shorthand here counts days, not weeks. It is the roster Australian fly-in fly-out surveys keep naming as the best balance between money and time at home.
The grid below is the whole of 2027 for a crew whose first swing starts January 1. Fourteen days is exactly two weeks, so the swings sit on the same weekdays all year: some crews get a run of free weekends and others get almost none.
Suits fly-in fly-out workers who want the roster surveys keep picking for life at home. Eight days is short enough to stay sharp and six days off is a real break.
Quick facts
- Cycle length
- 14 days
- Shifts per cycle
- 8 on, 6 off
- Shift length
- 12 hours
- Hours a week
- 48.1 on average
- Crews for 24/7 cover
- 3.5
- Full weekends off in 2027
- 26
8 on 6 off, 2027
The grid shows a crew whose cycle starts January 1, 2027; other crews run the same rotation offset by a few days. The 14 day cycle divides evenly into weeks, so the rotation never drifts: whatever weekdays a crew works in January, it works in December. Crews on other phases can see very different weekends. To line the pattern up with your real start date, use the interactive shift pattern visualizer.
The 2027 numbers
Full weekends off
26
Jan 1 crew; all crews: 18.6 on average (0 to 26)
Night shifts
0
209 day shifts
Recovery days
0
no night shifts to sleep off
Longest stretch
8
consecutive shifts
How many hours is 8 on 6 off in 2027?
Worked in full, 8 on 6 off in 2027 comes to 209 shifts of 12 hours: 2,508 hours, an average of 48.1 hours a week across the whole year. These figures assume every scheduled shift is worked: no overtime, no swaps, no sick days, no leave.
Put 8 on 6 off 2027 in your calendar
One file, every shift of the year, ready for Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook. Shifts import with a default time of 7am to 7pm. Edit the times after import if your site runs different hours.
That file is the textbook rotation. Your real roster has swaps, overtime and cover shifts that no pattern predicts, so photograph it with Lumical and every shift lands in Apple Calendar. We make Lumical, so read this with that in mind.
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A perfect rotation fits in a calendar file. A real roster does not.
Swaps, overtime, and holiday cover break the pattern. Reading a real roster is what the Lumical app does: photograph it and every shift lands in your calendar, overnights included. We make it, so weigh the recommendation accordingly.
Common questions
What is an 8 and 6 roster?
Eight days on site, six days at home, a fourteen day cycle. The number counts days here, not weeks, which is what separates it from 2 and 1 or 3 and 1.
How many days a year is 8 on 6 off in 2027?
209 shifts and 2,508 hours, averaging 48.1 hours a week. That is about 57 percent of the year on site, the mildest of the common fly-in fly-out rosters.
How many full weekends off does 8 on 6 off give in 2027?
26 for the crew drawn here. Across crews the range is 0 to 26, and that spread is the whole story: the cycle is exactly two weeks, so your crew's weekends are decided the day you join it.
Is 8 on 6 off better than 2 and 1?
It depends what you are optimising. 8 and 6 gives more days at home a year and shorter swings, so people report better sleep and fewer missed events. 2 and 1 pays more because you are on site longer. Neither is better on the numbers alone.
How many days will you work on 8 on 6 off in 2027?
209 shifts, which comes to 2,508 hours at 12 hours each. That leaves 156 days off. The count moves by a shift or two depending on where your crew sits in the cycle on January 1.
How many crews does 8 on 6 off need to cover 24 hours a day?
3.5. The cycle runs 14 days with 8 of them worked, so keeping one position filled every day takes 1.8 crews, and a 12 hours shift needs 2 positions to fill the day. That does not land on a whole number, which is why sites on this rotation cover the gap with overtime or an extra crew.
How do I get this calendar into Apple Calendar?
Download the .ics file on this page and open it on your iPhone or Mac. Apple Calendar offers to add the whole year in one go. That covers the textbook rotation. A real roster has swaps, overtime and cover shifts, and for that we make Lumical: photograph the roster and every shift lands in Apple Calendar. We make it, so read that with the obvious bias in mind.