QF1515Qantas Airways · SYD → MEL
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Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF1515 SydneySYD · 20:00 MelbourneMEL · 21:35

QF1515 by Qantas Airways flies from Sydney (SYD) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today · as of 07:38
20:00

departs SYD · on schedule

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+14 minmedian over 16 operations
Cancellation0 in 16tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+35+70+105 min
08-18
+14 arrival
08-17
+20 gate · +11 arrival
08-16
+0 gate · −14 arrival
08-15
+0 gate · −11 arrival
08-14
+105 gate · +93 arrival
08-13
+0 gate · +3 arrival
08-12
+0 gate · +12 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 +14 min · 0 cancelled · 16 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyHigh riskSYD delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
SYD→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+6 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD 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 Sydney to Melbourne flights today

same route · Qantas Airways
QF421departs 08:25
QF1261departs 10:05
QF455departs 15:15
QF467departs 16:45
QF495departs 21:30
QF1265departs 22:00

If QF1515 is cancelled, these are the other Qantas Airways nonstop flights from Sydney to Melbourne 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 QF1515 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF1515 across the SYD and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min late. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 9/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF1515 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
08-18SYD 20:00MEL 21:35 21:49 (+14)
08-17SYD 20:00 20:20 (+20)MEL 21:35 21:46 (+11)
08-16SYD 20:00 (+0)MEL 21:35 21:21 (−14)
08-15SYD 20:00 (+0)MEL 21:35 21:24 (−11)
08-14SYD 20:00 21:45 (+105)MEL 21:35 23:08 (+93)
08-13SYD 20:00 (+0)MEL 21:35 21:38 (+3)
08-12SYD 20:00 (+0)MEL 21:35 21:47 (+12)
08-11SYD 20:00 (+0)MEL 21:35 21:49 (+14)
08-10SYD 20:00 20:25 (+25)MEL 21:35 22:24 (+49)
08-09SYD 20:00 (+0)MEL 21:35 22:18 (+43)
08-08SYD 20:00 19:50 (−10)MEL 21:35 21:27 (−8)
08-07SYD 20:00 21:15 (+75)MEL 21:35 22:54 (+79)
08-06SYD 20:00 20:45 (+45)MEL 21:35 22:31 (+56)
08-05SYD 20:00 (+0)MEL 21:35 21:49 (+14)
08-04SYD 20:00 (+0)MEL 21:35 21:54 (+19)
08-03SYD 20:00 20:15 (+15)MEL 21:35 21:51 (+16)

Board clocks recorded as SYD and MEL published them.

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