QF835Sunstate Airlines · DRW → MEL
live · 27m ago
Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF835 DarwinDRW · 13:30 MelbourneMEL · 18:10

QF835 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Darwin (DRW) to Melbourne (MEL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
13:30

scheduled from DRW

Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−2 minmedian over 2 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-06
−5 gate · −16 arrival
09-05
+8 gate · −2 arrival
08-30
−7 gate

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
DRWDarwinOn-time likelyDRW delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
DRW→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DRW 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Darwin to Melbourne flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF839departs 01:50
QF837departs 06:10

If QF835 is cancelled, these are the other Sunstate Airlines nonstop flights from Darwin to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DRW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF835 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF835 across the DRW and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed -2 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF835 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
09-06DRW 13:30 13:25 (−5)MEL 18:10 17:54 (−16)
09-05DRW 13:30 13:38 (+8)MEL 18:10 18:08 (−2)
08-30DRW 13:30 13:23 (−7)MEL

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VZM, VH-VZZ.

Board clocks recorded as DRW and MEL published them.

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