QF434Sunstate Airlines · MEL → SYD
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Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF434 MelbourneMEL · 10:15 SydneySYD · 11:35

QF434 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Sydney (SYD) for the Thu, Sep 10 departure.

Right nowLanded in Sydney · position data
11:47

landed at SYD · confirmed by live position

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~15 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
09-10
+15 gate · +9 arrival
09-09
−1 gate · +0 arrival
09-08
−6 gate · −15 arrival
09-07
−5 gate · −20 arrival
09-06
+20 gate · −5 arrival
09-05
+90 gate · +45 arrival
09-04
+31 gate

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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 7 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

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MEL and SYD 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 Melbourne to Sydney flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF7228departs 01:54
QF404departs 06:15
QF406departs 06:30
QF408departs 06:45
QF1260departs 07:00
QF410departs 07:00

If QF434 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 QF434 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF434 across the MEL and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF434 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
09-10MEL 10:15 10:30 (+15)SYD 11:35 11:44 (+9)
09-09MEL 10:00 09:59 (−1)SYD 11:30 (+0)
09-08MEL 10:05 09:59 (−6)SYD 11:35 11:20 (−15)
09-07MEL 10:00 09:55 (−5)SYD 11:30 11:10 (−20)
09-06MEL 10:00 10:20 (+20)SYD 11:30 11:25 (−5)
09-05MEL 10:00 11:30 (+90)SYD 11:30 12:15 (+45)
09-04MEL 10:00 10:31 (+31)SYD

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VZL, VH-VXH, VH-XZP, VH-OGE.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and SYD published them.

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