QF1471Qantas Airways · CBR → MEL
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Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF1471 CanberraCBR · 12:40 MelbourneMEL · 14:00

QF1471 by Qantas Airways flies from Canberra (CBR) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Fri, Oct 16 departure.

Right nowLanded in Melbourne · today
13:48

arrived at MEL · 12 min early

⚖ QF1471 typically leaves +13 and lands −8. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−8 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~21 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-16
+13 gate · −12 arrival
10-15
+16 gate · −10 arrival
10-14
+13 gate · −6 arrival
10-13
+37 gate · +17 arrival
10-12
+21 gate · +1 arrival
10-11
+0 gate · −10 arrival
10-10
+1 gate · −19 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 −8 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CBRCanberraOn-time likelyCBR delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
CBR→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CBR and MEL 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 →

Other Canberra to Melbourne flights today

same route · Qantas Airways
QF1465departs 06:00
QF1519departs 06:00
QF6203departs 06:32
QF1521departs 07:55
QF1467departs 08:55
QF455departs 08:58

If QF1471 is cancelled, these are the other Qantas Airways nonstop flights from Canberra to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CBR local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF1471 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF1471 across the CBR and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 12/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF1471 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
10-16CBR 12:40 12:53 (+13)MEL 14:00 13:48 (−12)
10-15CBR 12:40 12:56 (+16)MEL 14:00 13:50 (−10)
10-14CBR 12:40 12:53 (+13)MEL 14:00 13:54 (−6)
10-13CBR 12:40 13:17 (+37)MEL 14:00 14:17 (+17)
10-12CBR 12:40 13:01 (+21)MEL 14:00 14:01 (+1)
10-11CBR 12:40 (+0)MEL 14:00 13:50 (−10)
10-10CBR 12:40 12:41 (+1)MEL 14:00 13:41 (−19)
10-09CBR 12:40 12:54 (+14)MEL 14:00 13:54 (−6)
10-08CBR 12:40 12:46 (+6)MEL 14:00 13:46 (−14)
10-07CBR 12:40 12:48 (+8)MEL 14:00 13:43 (−17)
10-06CBR 12:40 12:48 (+8)MEL 14:00 13:52 (−8)
10-05CBR 12:40 12:50 (+10)MEL 14:00 13:47 (−13)
10-04CBR 12:40 12:58 (+18)MEL 14:00 13:54 (−6)
10-03CBR 12:40 13:37 (+57)MEL 14:00 14:44 (+44)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-84J, VH-QOX, VH-QOA, VH-QON.

Board clocks recorded as CBR and MEL published them.

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