QF501Qantas Airways · BNE → SYD
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Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF501 BrisbaneBNE · 05:00 SydneySYD · 07:35

QF501 by Qantas Airways flies from Brisbane (BNE) to Sydney (SYD) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowLanded in Sydney · position data
07:37

landed at SYD · confirmed by live position

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+1 minmedian over 12 operations
Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+20 gate · +10 arrival
10-28
+0 gate · +7 arrival
10-27
+12 gate · +3 arrival
10-26
+0 gate · +10 arrival
10-24
+0 gate · −15 arrival
10-23
+0 gate · −12 arrival
10-22
+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 last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival +1 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
BNE→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
6.1%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BNE 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Brisbane to Sydney with Qantas Airways · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.6%0.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.6%1.0× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 17 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 Brisbane to Sydney flights today

same route · Qantas Airways
QF7334departs 00:05
QF1283departs 05:00
QF503departs 05:15
QF507departs 06:00
QF1285departs 06:45
QF509departs 06:45

If QF501 is cancelled, these are the other Qantas Airways nonstop flights from Brisbane to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF501 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF501 across the BNE and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 11/12 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF501 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
10-29BNE 05:00 05:20 (+20)SYD 07:35 07:45 (+10)
10-28BNE 05:00 (+0)SYD 07:35 07:42 (+7)
10-27BNE 05:00 05:12 (+12)SYD 07:35 07:38 (+3)
10-26BNE 05:00 (+0)SYD 07:35 07:45 (+10)
10-24BNE 05:00 (+0)SYD 07:45 07:30 (−15)
10-23BNE 05:00 (+0)SYD 07:45 07:33 (−12)
10-22BNE 05:00 (+0)SYD 07:45 07:42 (−3)
10-21BNE 05:00 (+0)SYD 07:45 07:30 (−15)
10-20BNE 05:00 05:33 (+33)SYD 07:45 08:05 (+20)
10-19BNE 05:00 05:10 (+10)SYD 07:45 07:30 (−15)
10-18BNE 05:00 (+0)SYD 07:45 07:40 (−5)
10-17BNE 05:00 05:14 (+14)SYD 07:45 07:46 (+1)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-XZR, VH-VYL, VH-XZT, VH-VXT.

Board clocks recorded as BNE and SYD published them.

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