QF538Sunstate Airlines · SYD → BNE
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Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF538 SydneySYD · 15:45 BrisbaneBNE · 17:20

QF538 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Sydney (SYD) to Brisbane (BNE) for the Sun, Sep 13 departure.

Right nowLanded in Brisbane · today
17:09

arrived at BNE · 11 min early

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 5 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-13
+0 gate · −11 arrival
09-12
+0 gate · −16 arrival
09-11
+0 gate · +3 arrival
09-10
+0 gate · +0 arrival
09-09
+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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

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

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.7%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD and BNE 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Sydney to Brisbane flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF500departs 06:00
QF502departs 06:25
QF504departs 07:00
QF510departs 08:30
QF512departs 09:20
QF516departs 09:55

If QF538 is cancelled, these are the other Sunstate Airlines nonstop flights from Sydney to Brisbane on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SYD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF538 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF538 across the SYD and BNE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF538 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
09-13SYD 15:45 (+0)BNE 17:20 17:09 (−11)
09-12SYD 15:45 (+0)BNE 17:20 17:04 (−16)
09-11SYD 15:45 (+0)BNE 17:20 17:23 (+3)
09-10SYD 15:45 (+0)BNE 17:20 (+0)
09-09SYD 15:45 (+0)BNE 17:20 17:23 (+3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VXE, VH-VXP, VH-XZQ, VH-VXG.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and BNE published them.

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