HX18Hong Kong Airlines · SYD → HKG
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Route confirmed Hong Kong Airlines

HX18 SydneySYD · 11:15 Hong KongHKG · 19:10

HX18 by Hong Kong Airlines flies from Sydney (SYD) to Hong Kong (HKG) for the Mon, Sep 7 departure.

Right nowEn route to Hong Kong · off blocks 11:15 · on schedule
En route

en route from SYD to HKG

En routeHX18 · position estimated
SYDSydneyHKGHong Kong
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 11:15 · typical taxi-out at SYD ≈ 9.3 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 7 operations

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-07
+0 gate · −8 arrival
09-06
+0 gate · −25 arrival
08-31
+0 gate · +15 arrival
08-30
+0 gate · +28 arrival
08-28
+0 gate · +35 arrival
08-26
+0 gate · +0 arrival
08-24
+0 gate · −17 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival +0 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
SYD→HKGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.0%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD and HKG are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How HX18 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for HX18 across the SYD and HKG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 5/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how HX18 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-07SYD 11:15 (+0)HKG 19:10 19:02 (−8)
09-06SYD 11:05 (+0)HKG 19:10 18:45 (−25)
08-31SYD 11:15 (+0)HKG 19:10 19:25 (+15)
08-30SYD 11:05 (+0)HKG 19:10 19:38 (+28)
08-28SYD 11:05 (+0)HKG 19:10 19:45 (+35)
08-26SYD 11:05 (+0)HKG 19:10 (+0)
08-24SYD 11:15 (+0)HKG 19:10 18:53 (−17)

Board clocks recorded as SYD and HKG published them.

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