QF1257Sunstate Airlines · BNE → MEL
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Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF1257 BrisbaneBNE · 18:10 MelbourneMEL · 21:40

QF1257 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Brisbane (BNE) to Melbourne (MEL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
18:10

scheduled from BNE

⚖ QF1257 typically leaves +12 and lands −10. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 12 operations
Wins back in air~22 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation1 in 13tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-21
+12 gate · −16 arrival
10-20
+12 gate · −16 arrival
10-19
+19 gate · −10 arrival
10-18
+20 gate · −10 arrival
10-17
+10 gate · −28 arrival
10-16
+26 gate · +1 arrival
10-15
+28 gate · −5 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 −10 min · 1 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
BNE→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
6.6%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MEL (Melbourne), currently flying VFR (visual). 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.

Other Brisbane to Melbourne flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF7305departs 01:06
QF7330departs 02:28
QF1251departs 05:00
QF605departs 05:00
QF1835departs 06:00
QF609departs 06:00

If QF1257 is cancelled, these are the other Sunstate Airlines nonstop flights from Brisbane to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF1257 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF1257 across the BNE and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 13/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF1257 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-21BNE 18:10 18:22 (+12)MEL 21:40 21:24 (−16)
10-20BNE 18:10 18:22 (+12)MEL 21:40 21:24 (−16)
10-19BNE 18:10 18:29 (+19)MEL 21:40 21:30 (−10)
10-18BNE 18:15 18:35 (+20)MEL 21:45 21:35 (−10)
10-17BNE 19:15 19:25 (+10)MEL 22:50 22:22 (−28)
10-16BNE 18:10 18:36 (+26)MEL 21:40 21:41 (+1)
10-15BNE 18:10 18:38 (+28)MEL 21:40 21:35 (−5)
10-13CANCELLED
10-12BNE 18:10 18:21 (+11)MEL 21:40 21:27 (−13)
10-11BNE 18:15 18:26 (+11)MEL 21:45 21:36 (−9)
10-10BNE 19:15 19:24 (+9)MEL 22:50 22:28 (−22)
10-09BNE 18:10 18:33 (+23)MEL 21:40 21:41 (+1)
10-08BNE 18:10 18:21 (+11)MEL 21:40 21:29 (−11)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-X4D, VH-X4I, VH-X4K, VH-X4E.

Board clocks recorded as BNE and MEL published them.

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