QF74Qantas Airways · SFO → SYD
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Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF74 San FranciscoSFO · 20:45 SydneySYD · 06:25

QF74 by Qantas Airways flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Sydney (SYD) for the Wed, Nov 4 departure.

Right nowEn route to Sydney · off blocks 20:41 · 4 min early
En route

en route from SFO to SYD

En routeQF74 · position estimated
SFOSan FranciscoSYDSydney
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 20:41 · typical taxi-out at SFO ≈ 11.1 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push−3 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
−4 gate
11-04
−4 gate
11-01
+23 gate · +20 arrival
10-30
−2 gate · −20 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
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
SFO→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+10 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SFO and SYD 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 Sydney

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High24°Clikely 23°C to 25°C
Low15°Clikely 14°C to 17°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.

How QF74 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF74 across the SFO and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 1/2 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF74 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
11-05SFO 20:45 20:41 (−4)SYD
11-04SFO 20:45 20:41 (−4)SYD
11-01SFO 20:45 21:08 (+23)SYD 06:25 06:45 (+20)
10-30SFO 21:45 21:43 (−2)SYD 06:25 06:05 (−20)

Board clocks recorded as SFO and SYD published them.

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