QF7216Sunstate Airlines · MEL → ADL
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Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF7216 MelbourneMEL · 03:13 AdelaideADL · 03:49

QF7216 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Adelaide (ADL).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
03:13

scheduled from MEL

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-09
+0 gate · +0 arrival
10-08
+4 gate · +0 arrival
10-07
+0 gate · +0 arrival
10-06
+0 gate · +0 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

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
37%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 02:35
QF671departs 06:15
QF673departs 08:15
QF675departs 08:35
QF679departs 10:25
QF681departs 11:30

If QF7216 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 QF7216 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF7216 across the MEL and ADL 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 QF7216 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
10-09MEL 03:13 (+0)ADL 03:49 (+0)
10-08MEL 03:21 03:25 (+4)ADL 03:54 (+0)
10-07MEL 03:45 (+0)ADL 04:11 (+0)
10-06MEL 03:22 (+0)ADL 03:53 (+0)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZK-FXL, VH-XF6.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and ADL published them.

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