QF18 Los AngelesLAX · 23:55 SydneySYD · 08:55
QF18 by Qantas Airways flies from Los Angeles (LAX) to Sydney (SYD).
scheduled from LAX
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now
Measured, 90-day sampleDriven mainly by SYD (Sydney), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 at Los Angeles
ForecastSat 7 Nov, local date
Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.
Tomorrow at Sydney
ForecastSun 8 Nov, local date
- 83% chance of rain
- Gusts to 34 kt
Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.
When it flies
scheduled departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Los Angeles to Sydney flights today
same route · Qantas AirwaysIf QF18 is cancelled, these are the other Qantas Airways nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LAX 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 QF18 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF18 across the LAX and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +5 min. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF18 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: VH-OQH.
Board clocks recorded as LAX and SYD published them.
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Pro Flight Search: QF18 Los Angeles to Sydney on-time performance, measured from the LAX and SYD airport boards.
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