QF1852Sunstate Airlines · CNS → DRW
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Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF1852 CairnsCNS · 17:00 DarwinDRW · 16:50

QF1852 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Cairns (CNS) to Darwin (DRW) for the Mon, Sep 21 departure.

Right nowEn route to Darwin · off blocks 17:00 · on schedule
En route

en route from CNS to DRW

En routeQF1852 · position estimated
CNSCairnsDRWDarwin
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 17:00.

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+170 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+57+113+170 min
09-22
+0 gate · +170 arrival
09-21
+10 gate · +170 arrival
09-18
+0 gate · −5 arrival
09-14
+0 gate · +3 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
CNSCairnsOn-time likelyCNS delay board →
DRWDarwinOn-time likelyDRW delay board →
CNS→DRWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
27%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CNS and DRW 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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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Cairns to Darwin flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF1980departs 10:45

If QF1852 is cancelled, this is the other Sunstate Airlines nonstop flight from Cairns to Darwin 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 QF1852 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF1852 across the CNS and DRW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~170 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 2/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF1852 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
09-22CNS 17:00 (+0)DRW 16:50 19:40 (+170)
09-21CNS 14:40 14:50 (+10)DRW 16:50 19:40 (+170)
09-18CNS 14:40 (+0)DRW 16:50 16:45 (−5)
09-14CNS 14:40 (+0)DRW 16:50 16:53 (+3)

Board clocks recorded as CNS and DRW published them.

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