HX18Hong Kong Airlines · SYD → HKG
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Route confirmed Hong Kong Airlines

HX18 SydneySYD · 12:35 Hong KongHKG · 19:35

HX18 by Hong Kong Airlines flies from Sydney (SYD) to Hong Kong (HKG) for the Sun, Nov 8 departure.

Right nowEn route to Hong Kong · off blocks 12:35 · on schedule
En route

en route from SYD to HKG

En routeHX18 · position estimated
SYDSydneyHKGHong Kong
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 12:35 · typical taxi-out at SYD ≈ 9.1 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+1 minmedian over 8 operations

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-08
+0 gate · +7 arrival
11-07
+0 gate · +7 arrival
11-05
+0 gate · −2 arrival
11-03
+0 gate · +7 arrival
11-02
+0 gate · +4 arrival
10-31
+0 gate · −3 arrival
10-29
+0 gate · −2 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival +1 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
SYD→HKGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SYD and HKG are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow at Sydney

Forecast

Mon 9 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 22°C
Low13°Clikely 12°C to 14°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Hong Kong

Forecast

Mon 9 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 26°C to 28°C
Low22°Clikely 20°C to 23°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How HX18 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for HX18 across the SYD and HKG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 8/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how HX18 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-08SYD 12:35 (+0)HKG 19:35 19:42 (+7)
11-07SYD 12:35 (+0)HKG 19:35 19:42 (+7)
11-05SYD 12:35 (+0)HKG 19:35 19:33 (−2)
11-03SYD 12:35 (+0)HKG 19:35 19:42 (+7)
11-02SYD 12:35 (+0)HKG 19:35 19:39 (+4)
10-31SYD 12:35 (+0)HKG 19:35 19:32 (−3)
10-29SYD 12:35 (+0)HKG 19:35 19:33 (−2)
10-27SYD 12:35 (+0)HKG 19:35 19:30 (−5)

Board clocks recorded as SYD and HKG published them.

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