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Direct flights from London (LHR) to Melbourne (MEL): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 21 minutes early. 2 of the 7 tracked flights were cancelled. The nonstop covers 16,909 km, an estimated 22 hours 11 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at London and Melbourne. Updated 5 November 2026 at 07:07 UTC.
Today, LHR → MEL
Thu 5 Nov · local times- 11:30 QF10Qantas On schedule ·
Checked LHR board 07:07 · MEL board 16:26
LHR
London
smooth · +11
MEL
Melbourne
smooth · +10
16,909 km · ~22h 11m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
83 / 100
route health from live LHR and MEL delay boards
Median arrival delay is −21 min. 2 of 7 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival−21 minacross the last 1 arrival
Flight time~22h 11mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg
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 outcomes11-01QF7010arrived−21
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsWeather lens
Conditions are tightest at MEL: a 38% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +9 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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How the London to Melbourne route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop LHR to MEL 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: London (LHR) to Melbourne (MEL) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/LHR-MEL
LHR to MEL questions
Is LHR–MEL running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at LHR is the weaker end, route health score 83/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from LHR to MEL?
Great-circle distance is 16,909 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 1224–1479 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does LHR–MEL fly?
Qantas Airways runs the route with about 7 flights a week (sun, mon, tue, wed, 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 LHR and arrival-side delay at MEL, 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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