QF121Qantas Airways · SYD → ZQN
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Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF121 SydneySYD · 09:35 QueenstownZQN · 14:35

QF121 by Qantas Airways flies from Sydney (SYD) to Queenstown (ZQN) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowEn route to Queenstown · off blocks 09:35 · on schedule
14:42

estimated arrival at ZQN · local time · ~46 min from now

En routeQF121 · position estimated
SYDSydneyZQNQueenstown
Estimated from the boardsarr 14:42

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 09:35 · typical taxi-out at SYD ≈ 9.1 min.

Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~10 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+0 gate · +7 arrival
10-28
+15 gate · +0 arrival
10-27
+20 gate · +51 arrival
10-26
+10 gate · +0 arrival
10-25
+0 gate · −5 arrival
10-24
+0 gate

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 · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
ZQNQueenstownOn-time likelyZQN delay board →
SYD→ZQNevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
8.3%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD and ZQN 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Sydney to Queenstown with Qantas Airways · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.3%3.8× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.8%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 21% chance of snow and 91% chance of rain at Queenstown

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Sydney to Queenstown flights today

same route · Qantas Airways
QF181departs 12:15
QF123departs 16:15

If QF121 is cancelled, these are the other Qantas Airways nonstop flights from Sydney to Queenstown on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SYD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF121 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF121 across the SYD and ZQN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF121 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
10-29SYD 09:35 (+0)ZQN 14:35 14:42 (+7)
10-28SYD 09:35 09:50 (+15)ZQN 14:35 (+0)
10-27SYD 09:35 09:55 (+20)ZQN 14:35 15:26 (+51)
10-26SYD 09:35 09:45 (+10)ZQN 14:35 (+0)
10-25SYD 09:35 (+0)ZQN 14:35 14:30 (−5)
10-24SYD 09:30 (+0)ZQN

Board clocks recorded as SYD and ZQN published them.

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