QF681Sunstate Airlines · MEL → ADL
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Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF681 MelbourneMEL · 11:30 AdelaideADL · 12:20

QF681 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Adelaide (ADL) for the Fri, Sep 25 departure.

Right nowLanded in Adelaide · today
12:17

arrived at ADL · 3 min early

Typical gate push+3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−3 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
ADLAdelaideOn-time likelyADL delay board →
MEL→ADLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MEL and ADL 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 Melbourne to Adelaide flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF7288departs 02:18
QF671departs 06:15
QF675departs 08:35
QF679departs 10:25
QF6295departs 12:27
QF683departs 12:45

If QF681 is cancelled, these are the other Sunstate Airlines nonstop flights from Melbourne to Adelaide on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF681 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF681 across the MEL and ADL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed -3 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF681 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
09-25MEL 11:30 11:33 (+3)ADL 12:20 12:17 (−3)
09-24MEL 11:45 11:38 (−7)ADL 12:35 12:30 (−5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VZQ.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and ADL published them.

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