QF1563Sunstate Airlines · CNS → BNE
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Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF1563 CairnsCNS · 11:20 BrisbaneBNE · 13:35

QF1563 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Cairns (CNS) to Brisbane (BNE) for the Mon, Sep 21 departure.

Right nowLanded in Brisbane · today
14:37

arrived at BNE · 62 min late

⚖ QF1563 typically leaves +0 and lands −8. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-21
+55 gate · +62 arrival
09-20
+0 gate · +4 arrival
09-18
+0 gate · −1 arrival
09-17
+0 gate · −5 arrival
09-16
+0 gate · −11 arrival
09-15
+0 gate · −11 arrival
09-13
+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 −8 min · 1 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CNSCairnsOn-time likelyCNS delay board →
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
CNS→BNEevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
30%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.2%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CNS and BNE 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
061422
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T
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T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Cairns to Brisbane flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF1561departs 09:25
QF1881departs 09:25
QF707departs 09:25
QF1883departs 11:20
QF713departs 11:20
QF266departs 13:50

If QF1563 is cancelled, these are the other Sunstate Airlines nonstop flights from Cairns to Brisbane on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CNS local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF1563 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF1563 across the CNS and BNE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 11/12 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF1563 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
09-21CNS 11:20 12:15 (+55)BNE 13:35 14:37 (+62)
09-20CNS 11:20 (+0)BNE 13:35 13:39 (+4)
09-18CNS 11:20 (+0)BNE 13:35 13:34 (−1)
09-17CNS 11:20 (+0)BNE 13:35 13:30 (−5)
09-16CNS 11:20 (+0)BNE 13:35 13:24 (−11)
09-15CNS 11:20 (+0)BNE 13:35 13:24 (−11)
09-13CNS 11:20 (+0)BNE 13:35 13:23 (−12)
09-11CNS 11:20 (+0)BNE 13:35 13:27 (−8)
09-10CNS 11:20 (+0)BNE 13:35 13:22 (−13)
09-09CNS 11:20 (+0)BNE 13:35 13:30 (−5)
09-08CNS 11:20 (+0)BNE 13:35 13:18 (−17)
09-07CANCELLED

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-X4I, VH-X4C, VH-X4F, VH-X4M.

Board clocks recorded as CNS and BNE published them.

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