QF918Qantas Airways · MEL → MCY
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Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF918 MelbourneMEL · 09:20 Sunshine CoastMCY · 11:45

QF918 by Qantas Airways flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Sunshine Coast (MCY) for the Thu, Aug 20 departure.

Right nowLanded in Sunshine Coast · position data
11:43

arrived at MCY · 2 min early

⚖ QF918 typically leaves +21 and lands −7. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-20
+23 gate · −5 arrival
08-19
+46 gate · +15 arrival
08-18
+21 gate · −7 arrival
08-17
+26 gate · +5 arrival
08-16
−3 gate · −17 arrival
08-15
−4 gate · −23 arrival
08-14
+21 gate · +3 arrival

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

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −7 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
MCYSunshine CoastOn-time likelyMCY delay board →
MEL→MCYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+6 minAvg hub delay right now

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. 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 Sunshine Coast flights today

same route · Qantas Airways
QF916departs 15:20

If QF918 is cancelled, this is the other Qantas Airways nonstop flight from Melbourne to Sunshine Coast 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 QF918 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF918 across the MEL and MCY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~56 min late. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 1/2 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF918 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
08-20MEL 09:20 09:43 (+23)MCY 11:45 11:40 (−5)
08-19MEL 09:20 10:06 (+46)MCY 11:45 12:00 (+15)
08-18MEL 09:20 09:41 (+21)MCY 11:45 11:38 (−7)
08-17MEL 09:20 09:46 (+26)MCY 11:45 11:50 (+5)
08-16MEL 08:50 08:47 (−3)MCY 11:15 10:58 (−17)
08-15MEL 08:50 08:46 (−4)MCY 11:15 10:52 (−23)
08-14MEL 09:20 09:41 (+21)MCY 11:45 11:48 (+3)
08-13MEL 09:20 09:33 (+13)MCY 11:45 11:28 (−17)
08-12MEL 09:20 09:26 (+6)MCY 11:45 11:31 (−14)
08-11MEL 09:20MCY 11:45 11:26 (−19)
08-10MEL 09:20 10:26 (+66)MCY 11:45 12:41 (+56)
08-09MEL 08:50 08:52 (+2)MCY 11:15 11:03 (−12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VXC, VH-VYE, VH-XZK, VH-VYD.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and MCY published them.

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