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Direct flights from Sydney (SYD) to Nuku'alofa (TBU): 2 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 10 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 2 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 3,585 km, an estimated 5 hours 6 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Sydney and Nuku'alofa. Updated 14 September 2026 at 23:44 UTC.
SYD
Sydney
smooth · +0
TBU
Nuku'alofa
tracking
3,585 km · ~5h 06m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 2x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100
route health from live SYD and TBU delay boards
Median arrival delay is +10 min. 0 of 2 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival+10 minacross the last 2 operated legs
Flight time~5h 06mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures2x1 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 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 Sydney to Nuku'alofa route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop SYD to TBU 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 — Sydney (SYD) to Nuku'alofa (TBU) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/SYD-TBU
SYD to TBU questions
Is SYD–TBU running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from SYD to TBU?
Great-circle distance is 3,585 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 283–337 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does SYD–TBU fly?
Qantas Airways runs the route with about 2 flights a week (tue, 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 SYD and arrival-side delay at TBU, 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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