Qantas AirwaysQF
Flights QF2357 14:55 Tu
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Direct flights from Cairns (CNS) to Mackay (MKY): 1 nonstop departure observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 25 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 1 tracked flight. The nonstop covers 597 km, an estimated 1 hour 16 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Cairns and Mackay. Updated 18 August 2026 at 12:48 UTC.
CNS
Cairns
busy · +15
MKY
Mackay
tracking
597 km · ~1h 16m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 1x weekly · nonstop
80 / 100
route health from live CNS and MKY delay boards
Median arrival delay is +25 min. 0 of 1 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Search live fares for this route →Median arrival+25 minacross the last 1 operated legs
Flight time~1h 16mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures1x1 direct airline on the leg
Current nonstop fares
CNS → MKY · one way · economy · 1 adult
TodayChecking…Direct airline fares
TomorrowChecking…Direct airline fares
In one weekChecking…Direct airline fares
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Qantas Airways
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsnext sweep in 120s
How the Cairns to Mackay route actually runs
Pro Flight Search tracks every published board update for nonstop CNS to MKY flights: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises. Fares link straight to the operating airline with no markups.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/CNS-MKY
CNS to MKY questions
Is CNS–MKY running on time right now?
Mostly on schedule. The departure side at CNS is the weaker end, route health score 80/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from CNS to MKY?
Great-circle distance is 597 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 72–81 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does CNS–MKY fly?
Qantas Airways runs the route with about 1 flight a week (tue). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at CNS and arrival-side delay at MKY, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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