QF916Qantas Airways · MEL → MCY
updated 3h ago
Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF916 MelbourneMEL · 09:20 Sunshine CoastMCY · 10:45

QF916 by Qantas Airways flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Sunshine Coast (MCY).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
09:20

scheduled from MEL

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneModerate riskMEL delay board →
MCYSunshine CoastHigh riskMCY delay board →
MEL→MCYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+12 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MEL and MCY 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 Melbourne

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High22°Clikely 19°C to 24°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 11°C
  • 74% chance of rain

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.

Tomorrow at Sunshine Coast

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High30°Clikely 29°C to 32°C
Low19°Clikely 17°C to 21°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.

Other Melbourne to Sunshine Coast flights today

same route · Qantas Airways
QF918departs 11:25
QF920departs 16:30

If QF916 is cancelled, these are the other Qantas Airways nonstop flights from Melbourne to Sunshine Coast on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How QF916 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF916 across the MEL and MCY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: departed +17 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF916 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
10-30MEL 09:20 09:37 (+17)MCY 10:45

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VXT.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and MCY published them.

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