QF1980Sunstate Airlines · CNS → DRW
live · 14m ago
Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF1980 CairnsCNS · 10:45 DarwinDRW · 12:55

QF1980 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Cairns (CNS) to Darwin (DRW) for the Mon, Sep 21 departure.

Right nowBoarding · today
10:45

departs CNS · on schedule

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+19 minmedian over 2 operations

The route today

live boards
CNSCairnsOn-time likelyCNS delay board →
DRWDarwinModerate riskDRW 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
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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
QF1852departs 14:40

If QF1980 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 QF1980 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF1980 across the CNS and DRW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +19 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF1980 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
09-20CNS 10:45 (+0)DRW 12:55 12:40 (−15)
09-19CNS 10:45 11:00 (+15)DRW 12:55 13:14 (+19)

Board clocks recorded as CNS and DRW published them.

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