NZ265Air New Zealand · ZQN → MEL
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Route confirmed Air New Zealand

NZ265 QueenstownZQN · 15:40 MelbourneMEL · 17:10

NZ265 by Air New Zealand flies from Queenstown (ZQN) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Wed, Oct 21 departure.

Right nowEn route to Melbourne · off blocks 15:59 · 19 min late
17:19

estimated arrival at MEL · local time · ~52 min from now

En routeNZ265 · position estimated
ZQNQueenstownMELMelbourne
Estimated from the boardsarr 17:19

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 15:59.

⚖ NZ265 typically leaves +10 and lands −8. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−8 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~18 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation1 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-21
+19 gate · +9 arrival
10-20
CANCELLED
10-19
+0 gate · −36 arrival
10-18
+0 gate · −33 arrival
10-16
+0 gate · −19 arrival
10-14
+20 gate · +22 arrival
10-12
+0 gate · +1 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 −8 min · 1 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ZQNQueenstownOn-time likelyZQN delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
ZQN→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ZQN and MEL are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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

When it flies

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

How NZ265 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for NZ265 across the ZQN and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 7/9 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how NZ265 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-21ZQN 15:40 15:59 (+19)MEL 17:10 17:19 (+9)
10-20CANCELLED
10-19ZQN 15:40 (+0)MEL 17:10 16:34 (−36)
10-18ZQN 15:40 (+0)MEL 17:10 16:37 (−33)
10-16ZQN 15:40 (+0)MEL 17:10 16:51 (−19)
10-14ZQN 15:40 16:00 (+20)MEL 17:10 17:32 (+22)
10-12ZQN 15:40 (+0)MEL 17:10 17:11 (+1)
10-11ZQN 15:40 16:30 (+50)MEL 17:10 18:03 (+53)
10-09ZQN 15:40 15:55 (+15)MEL 17:10 17:02 (−8)
10-07ZQN 15:40 15:50 (+10)MEL 17:10 16:59 (−11)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZK-NHC, ZK-NHB, ZK-NHA, ZK-NHD.

Board clocks recorded as ZQN and MEL published them.

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