QF609Qantas Airways · BNE → MEL
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Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF609 BrisbaneBNE · 07:00 MelbourneMEL · 09:30

QF609 by Qantas Airways flies from Brisbane (BNE) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Wed, Aug 19 departure.

Right nowLanded in Melbourne · today
09:32

arrived at MEL · 2 min late

Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~9 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
08-19
+22 gate · +2 arrival
08-18
CANCELLED
08-17
+5 gate · −24 arrival
08-11
CANCELLED
08-10
+11 gate · −1 arrival
08-05
+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 +2 min · 2 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
BNE→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.2%Chance of cancellation
+6 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Brisbane to Melbourne flights today

same route · Qantas Airways
QF7335departs 00:49
QF7330departs 01:10
QF7305departs 01:34
QF22departs 03:45
QF1835departs 06:00
QF1255departs 17:25

If QF609 is cancelled, these are the other Qantas Airways nonstop flights from Brisbane to Melbourne 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 QF609 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF609 across the BNE and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF609 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
08-19BNE 07:00 07:22 (+22)MEL 09:30 09:32 (+2)
08-18CANCELLED
08-17BNE 07:00 07:05 (+5)MEL 09:30 09:06 (−24)
08-12BNE 07:00MEL 09:30
08-11CANCELLED
08-10BNE 07:00 07:11 (+11)MEL 09:30 09:29 (−1)
08-05BNE MEL 09:30 09:34 (+4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VXN, VH-VXF.

Board clocks recorded as BNE and MEL published them.

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