QF442Qantas Airways · MEL → SYD
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Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF442 MelbourneMEL · 12:00 SydneySYD · 13:25

QF442 by Qantas Airways flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Sydney (SYD) for the Tue, Nov 3 departure.

Right nowEn route to Sydney · off blocks 12:33 · 33 min late
En route

en route from MEL to SYD

En routeQF442 · position estimated
MELMelbourneSYDSydney
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 12:33 · typical taxi-out at MEL ≈ 11 min.

Typical gate push+9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+4 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~5 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-03
+33 gate · +15 arrival
11-02
+5 gate · +3 arrival
10-31
+15 gate · −8 arrival
10-30
+3 gate · +5 arrival
10-29
+5 gate · +3 arrival
10-28
+12 gate · +4 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 +4 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneModerate riskMEL 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
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.3%Chance of cancellation
+11 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by SYD (Sydney), currently flying IFR (instrument). These figures come from both airports' records 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 at Melbourne

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High22°Clikely 19°C to 24°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 11°C
  • 75% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Sydney

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High25°Clikely 23°C to 26°C
Low18°Clikely 17°C to 19°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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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 · Qantas Airways
QF7228departs 02:19
QF7304departs 03:39
QF404departs 06:15
QF406departs 06:35
QF408departs 06:45
QF410departs 07:00

If QF442 is cancelled, these are the other Qantas Airways nonstop flights from Melbourne to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How QF442 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF442 across the MEL and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF442 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
11-03MEL 12:00 12:33 (+33)SYD 13:25 13:40 (+15)
11-02MEL 12:00 12:05 (+5)SYD 13:25 13:28 (+3)
10-31MEL 12:00 12:15 (+15)SYD 13:25 13:17 (−8)
10-30MEL 12:00 12:03 (+3)SYD 13:25 13:30 (+5)
10-29MEL 12:00 12:05 (+5)SYD 13:25 13:28 (+3)
10-28MEL 12:00 12:12 (+12)SYD 13:25 13:29 (+4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VYL, VH-EBD, VH-VYJ, VH-VXG.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and SYD published them.

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