QF1298QantasIn the air, 34 min late
Left MEL at 10:49, 34 min after its 10:15 slot.
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Direct flights from Melbourne (MEL) to Coffs Harbour (CFS): 5 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 6 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 1,117 km, an estimated 1 hour 56 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Melbourne and Coffs Harbour. Updated 14 November 2026 at 00:46 UTC.
Today, MEL → CFS
Sat 14 Nov · local times- 10:15 QF1298Qantas Left 10:49 +34 ·
Checked MEL board 11:46
MEL
Melbourne
busy · +16
CFS
Coffs Harbour
tracking
1,117 km · ~1h 56m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 5x weekly · nonstop
78 / 100
route health from live MEL and CFS delay boards
0 of 6 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Flight time~1h 56mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures5x1 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 daysQantas AirwaysQF
Flights QF1298 10:15 Mo We Fr Sa Su
History
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
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Airports right now
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How the Melbourne to Coffs Harbour route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop MEL to CFS 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: Melbourne (MEL) to Coffs Harbour (CFS) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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MEL to CFS questions
Is MEL–CFS running on time right now?
Mostly on schedule. The departure side at MEL is the weaker end, route health score 78/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from MEL to CFS?
Great-circle distance is 1,117 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 109–126 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does MEL–CFS fly?
Qantas Airways runs the route with about 5 flights a week (sun, mon, wed, fri, sat). 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 MEL and arrival-side delay at CFS, 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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