QF6283Qantas Airways · DRW → CNS
live · 13m ago
Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF6283 DarwinDRW · 08:30 CairnsCNS

QF6283 by Qantas Airways flies from Darwin (DRW) to Cairns (CNS).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
08:30

scheduled from DRW

The route today

live boards
DRWDarwinHigh riskDRW delay board →
CNSCairnsModerate riskCNS delay board →
DRW→CNSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
27%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+3 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DRW and CNS are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 Darwin

Forecast

Sat 14 Nov, local date

High33°Clikely 32°C to 34°C
Low27°Clikely 26°C to 28°C
  • 65% chance of thunder
  • 90% 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 Cairns

Forecast

Sat 14 Nov, local date

High31°Clikely 30°C to 31°C
Low24°Clikely 22°C to 25°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 Darwin to Cairns flights today

same route · Qantas Airways
QF9565departs 05:45
QF1895departs 07:05
QF2691departs 15:30
QF1853departs 17:35

If QF6283 is cancelled, these are the other Qantas Airways nonstop flights from Darwin to Cairns on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DRW 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 QF6283 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF6283 across the DRW and CNS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: departed -16 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF6283 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-04DRW 08:30 08:14 (−16)CNS

Board clocks recorded as DRW and CNS published them.

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