QF416Sunstate Airlines · MEL → SYD
live · 29m ago
Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF416 MelbourneMEL · 07:45 SydneySYD · 09:20

QF416 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Sydney (SYD) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowExpected in Sydney · On Time
09:20

arrival expected at SYD · on schedule

Typical gate push−4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
−6 gate
10-28
−6 gate · −12 arrival
10-27
−3 gate · −14 arrival
10-26
−4 gate · −3 arrival
10-23
−7 gate · −17 arrival
10-22
+12 gate · +20 arrival
10-21
+14 gate · +12 arrival

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

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −12 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
MEL→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
53%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.9%Chance of cancellation
+20 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MEL (Melbourne), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Melbourne to Sydney with Sunstate Airlines · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.8%0.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.2%1.1× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 29 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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Melbourne to Sydney flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF7228departs 02:21
QF7304departs 03:39
QF404departs 06:15
QF406departs 06:30
QF408departs 06:45
QF1260departs 07:00

If QF416 is cancelled, these are the other Sunstate Airlines nonstop flights from Melbourne to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF416 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF416 across the MEL and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 6/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF416 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
10-29MEL 07:45 07:39 (−6)SYD 09:20
10-28MEL 07:45 07:39 (−6)SYD 09:20 09:08 (−12)
10-27MEL 07:45 07:42 (−3)SYD 09:20 09:06 (−14)
10-26MEL 07:45 07:41 (−4)SYD 09:20 09:17 (−3)
10-23MEL 07:45 07:38 (−7)SYD 09:25 09:08 (−17)
10-22MEL 07:45 07:57 (+12)SYD 09:25 09:45 (+20)
10-21MEL 07:45 07:59 (+14)SYD 09:25 09:37 (+12)
10-20MEL 07:45 07:37 (−8)SYD 09:25 09:05 (−20)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VYG, VH-VZH, VH-VYB, VH-XZH.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and SYD published them.

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