QF703Sunstate Airlines · CNS → MEL
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Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF703 CairnsCNS · 12:35 MelbourneMEL · 16:00

QF703 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Cairns (CNS) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Mon, Sep 21 departure.

Right nowLanded in Melbourne · position data
15:48

arrived at MEL · 11 min early

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 15 operations
Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-21
+0 gate · −15 arrival
09-20
+0 gate · −1 arrival
09-19
+0 gate · −8 arrival
09-18
+0 gate · +10 arrival
09-17
+0 gate · −8 arrival
09-16
+0 gate · −15 arrival
09-15
+0 gate · +7 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 · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CNSCairnsOn-time likelyCNS delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
CNS→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
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CNS 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 Cairns to Melbourne flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF705departs 17:25

If QF703 is cancelled, this is the other Sunstate Airlines nonstop flight from Cairns to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CNS local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF703 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF703 across the CNS and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 9/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF703 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
09-21CNS 12:35 (+0)MEL 16:00 15:45 (−15)
09-20CNS 12:35 (+0)MEL 16:00 15:59 (−1)
09-19CNS 12:35 (+0)MEL 16:00 15:52 (−8)
09-18CNS 12:35 (+0)MEL 16:00 16:10 (+10)
09-17CNS 12:35 (+0)MEL 16:00 15:52 (−8)
09-16CNS 12:35 (+0)MEL 16:00 15:45 (−15)
09-15CNS 12:35 (+0)MEL 16:00 16:07 (+7)
09-14CNS 12:35 (+0)MEL 16:00 16:02 (+2)
09-13CNS 12:35 (+0)MEL 16:00 15:52 (−8)
09-12CNS 12:35 13:05 (+30)MEL 16:00 16:29 (+29)
09-11CNS 12:35 (+0)MEL 16:00 16:16 (+16)
09-10CNS 12:35 12:45 (+10)MEL 16:00 16:16 (+16)
09-09CNS 12:35 12:45 (+10)MEL 16:00 16:18 (+18)
09-08CNS 12:35 (+0)MEL 16:00 15:45 (−15)
09-07CNS 12:35 12:45 (+10)MEL 16:00 16:08 (+8)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VZS, VH-VYH, VH-VXD, VH-VYD.

Board clocks recorded as CNS and MEL published them.

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