QF1889Sunstate Airlines · DRW → CNS
live · 20m ago
Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF1889 DarwinDRW · 07:05 CairnsCNS · 10:05

QF1889 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Darwin (DRW) to Cairns (CNS) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate 4
07:05

departs DRW · on schedule

Typical gate push−2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−2 minmedian over 2 operations

The route today

live boards
DRWDarwinOn-time likelyDRW delay board →
CNSCairnsOn-time likelyCNS delay board →
DRW→CNSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
28%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DRW and CNS 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 Darwin to Cairns flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF9565departs 05:45
QF1853departs 17:35

If QF1889 is cancelled, these are the other Sunstate Airlines nonstop flights from Darwin to Cairns on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DRW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF1889 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF1889 across the DRW and CNS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed -2 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF1889 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
09-07DRW 07:05 07:03 (−2)CNS 10:05 10:03 (−2)
09-06DRW 07:05 06:58 (−7)CNS 10:05 09:55 (−10)

Board clocks recorded as DRW and CNS published them.

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