TFU → MELChengdu to Melbourne

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Direct flights from Chengdu (TFU) to Melbourne (MEL): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 9 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 8,648 km, an estimated 11 hours 35 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Chengdu and Melbourne. Updated 11 September 2026 at 05:18 UTC.

TFU Chengdu tracking
MEL Melbourne smooth · +0
8,648 km · ~11h 35m est.
departs 01:204x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live TFU and MEL delay boards

Median arrival delay is −9 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival−9 minacross the last 3 operated legs
Flight time~11h 35mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Sichuan Airlines

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 days
Sichuan Airlines3U

Flights 3U3885 01:20 Tu Th Fr Sa

History

operated legs · board outcomes
09-113U3885arrived−9
09-083U3885arrived−9
09-053U3885arrived−15

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
TFUChengdu tracking 🌤 mostly cloudy · NNE 6 kt Full TFU delay board →
MELMelbourne +0 min smooth 🌤 clear · S 7 kt Full MEL delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at MEL: 23% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +7 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Chengdu to Melbourne route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop TFU 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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TFU to MEL questions

Is TFU–MEL 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 TFU to MEL?

Great-circle distance is 8,648 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 640–771 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does TFU–MEL fly?

Sichuan Airlines runs the route with about 4 flights a week (tue, thu, 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 TFU 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.