QF1531Sunstate Airlines · CBR → MEL
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Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF1531 CanberraCBR · 18:55 MelbourneMEL · 20:10

QF1531 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Canberra (CBR) to Melbourne (MEL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
18:55

scheduled from CBR

⚖ QF1531 typically leaves +12 and lands −7. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-20
+25 gate · +16 arrival
09-18
+4 gate · −7 arrival
09-17
+14 gate · −2 arrival
09-16
+12 gate · −8 arrival
09-13
+25 gate · +16 arrival
09-11
+3 gate · −22 arrival
09-10
+15 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 −7 min · 0 cancelled · 9 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
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.7%Chance of cancellation
+7 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 →

When it flies

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

Other Canberra to Melbourne flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF1465departs 06:00
QF1519departs 06:00
QF1521departs 07:55
QF1467departs 08:55
QF1469departs 09:55
QF7923departs 09:55

If QF1531 is cancelled, these are the other Sunstate Airlines 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 QF1531 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF1531 across the CBR and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 7/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF1531 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
09-20CBR 18:55 19:20 (+25)MEL 20:10 20:26 (+16)
09-18CBR 18:55 18:59 (+4)MEL 20:10 20:03 (−7)
09-17CBR 18:55 19:09 (+14)MEL 20:10 20:08 (−2)
09-16CBR 18:55 19:07 (+12)MEL 20:10 20:02 (−8)
09-13CBR 18:55 19:20 (+25)MEL 20:10 20:26 (+16)
09-11CBR 18:55 18:58 (+3)MEL 20:10 19:48 (−22)
09-10CBR 18:55 19:10 (+15)MEL 20:10 20:05 (−5)
09-09CBR 18:55 18:58 (+3)MEL 20:10 19:52 (−18)
09-06CBR 18:55 18:56 (+1)MEL 20:10 19:55 (−15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-X4O, VH-X4E, VH-X4H, VH-X4A.

Board clocks recorded as CBR and MEL published them.

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