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Direct flights from Phuket (HKT) to Sydney (SYD): 3 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 12 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 7,267 km, an estimated 9 hours 49 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Phuket and Sydney. Updated 22 September 2026 at 18:54 UTC.
HKT
Phuket
tracking
SYD
Sydney
smooth · +0
7,267 km · ~9h 49m est.
Disrupted · 1 airline · 3x weekly · nonstop
29 / 100
route health from live HKT and SYD delay boards
Median arrival delay is −12 min. 0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival−12 minacross the last 4 operated legs
Flight time~9h 49mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures3x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Jetstar 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 Phuket to Sydney route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop HKT to SYD flights through the day: 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.
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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Pro Flight Search — Phuket (HKT) to Sydney (SYD) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/HKT-SYD
HKT to SYD questions
Is HKT–SYD running on time right now?
High disruption likely. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 29/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from HKT to SYD?
Great-circle distance is 7,267 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 543–653 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does HKT–SYD fly?
Jetstar Airways runs the route with about 3 flights a week (sun, tue, thu). 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 HKT and arrival-side delay at SYD, 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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