QF173Qantas Airways · MEL → WLG
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Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF173 MelbourneMEL · 13:30 WellingtonWLG · 19:00

QF173 by Qantas Airways flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Wellington (WLG) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowExpected in Wellington · today
19:00

arrival expected at WLG · on schedule

Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Wins back in air~3 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-25
+12 gate · +6 arrival
10-24
+62 gate
10-17
+10 gate · +12 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneHigh riskMEL delay board →
WLGWellingtonHigh riskWLG delay board →
MEL→WLGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
58%Chance of 15+ min delay
7.0%Chance of cancellation
+32 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MEL (Melbourne), currently flying IFR (instrument). These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Melbourne to Wellington with Qantas Airways · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.6%3.0× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.7%1.5× usual

Forecast weather: 75% chance of rain and gusts to 30 kt at Melbourne

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 1 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

Other Melbourne to Wellington flights today

same route · Qantas Airways
QF171departs 08:00

If QF173 is cancelled, this is the other Qantas Airways nonstop flight from Melbourne to Wellington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How QF173 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF173 across the MEL and WLG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +9 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF173 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
10-25MEL 13:30 13:42 (+12)WLG 19:00 19:06 (+6)
10-24MEL 13:40 14:42 (+62)WLG 19:15
10-17MEL 13:40 13:50 (+10)WLG 19:15 19:27 (+12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-XZC, VH-XZJ, VH-XZG.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and WLG published them.

Planning around QF173? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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