QF7880Sunstate Airlines · BNE → CNS
live · 51m ago
Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF7880 BrisbaneBNE · 18:10 CairnsCNS · 20:35

QF7880 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Brisbane (BNE) to Cairns (CNS) for the Fri, Aug 21 departure.

Right nowEn route to Cairns · off blocks 19:13 · 63 min late
En route

en route from BNE to CNS

En routeQF7880 · position estimated
BNEBrisbaneCNSCairns
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 19:13 · typical taxi-out at BNE ≈ 7 min.

Typical gate push+63 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+51 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~12 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
CNSCairnsOn-time likelyCNS delay board →
BNE→CNSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.5%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BNE and CNS 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 Brisbane to Cairns flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF1560departs 06:10
QF1880departs 06:10
QF706departs 06:10
QF1562departs 08:05
QF1882departs 08:05
QF712departs 08:05

If QF7880 is cancelled, these are the other Sunstate Airlines nonstop flights from Brisbane to Cairns on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF7880 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF7880 across the BNE and CNS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +51 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF7880 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
08-21BNE 18:10 19:13 (+63)CNS 20:35 21:26 (+51)
08-20BNE 18:10 19:13 (+63)CNS 20:35 21:26 (+51)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-UYW.

Board clocks recorded as BNE and CNS published them.

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