QF479Qantas Airways · SYD → MEL
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Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF479 SydneySYD · 18:15 MelbourneMEL · 19:50

QF479 by Qantas Airways flies from Sydney (SYD) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Sun, Nov 15 departure.

Right nowGate Closed · today · as of 18:37
18:55

departs SYD · 40 min late

Aircraft is still on the ground at SYD · 53 min after scheduled departure

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+17 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-13
+0 gate · +17 arrival
11-12
+45 gate · +77 arrival
11-11
+0 gate · +3 arrival

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

The route today

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

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.6%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by SYD (Sydney), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Sydney

Forecast

Mon 16 Nov, local date

High20°Clikely 19°C to 22°C
Low16°Clikely 14°C to 18°C
  • 84% 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 Melbourne

Forecast

Mon 16 Nov, local date

High15°Clikely 13°C to 16°C
Low8°Clikely 6°C to 9°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 Sydney to Melbourne flights today

same route · Qantas Airways
QF1229departs 06:00
QF401departs 06:00
QF405departs 06:25
QF407departs 06:45
QF409departs 07:00
QF413departs 07:25

If QF479 is cancelled, these are the other Qantas Airways nonstop flights from Sydney to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SYD 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 QF479 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF479 across the SYD and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed +17 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF479 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
11-13SYD 18:15 (+0)MEL 19:50 20:07 (+17)
11-12SYD 18:15 19:00 (+45)MEL 19:50 21:07 (+77)
11-11SYD 18:15 (+0)MEL 19:50 19:53 (+3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VZM, VH-VZA, VH-VXR.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and MEL published them.

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