QF1Qantas Airways · SYD → LHR
live · just now
Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF1 SydneySYD · 16:30 LondonLHR · 06:15

QF1 by Qantas Airways flies from Sydney (SYD) to London (LHR).

Right nowIn the air to London
06:16

estimated arrival at LHR · local time · ~9h 37m from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
LHR5,533 mi · ~9h 37m leftSYD
34,000 ftAltitudecruising
579 mphSpeed503 kt
317°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 5h 32m

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~7 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+40+80+120 min
10-26
−7 arrival
10-25
+120 gate · −7 arrival
10-24
+0 gate · +10 arrival
10-23
+30 gate · −11 arrival
10-22
+0 gate · −1 arrival
10-21
+0 gate · −20 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 −7 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyModerate riskSYD delay board →
LHRLondonOn-time likelyLHR delay board →
SYD→LHRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.5%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD and LHR 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.

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 QF1 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF1 across the SYD and LHR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF1 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
10-26SYD 16:30LHR 06:15 06:08 (−7)
10-25SYD 16:30 18:30 (+120)LHR 06:15 06:08 (−7)
10-24SYD 15:45 (+0)LHR 06:35 06:45 (+10)
10-23SYD 15:45 16:15 (+30)LHR 06:35 06:24 (−11)
10-22SYD 15:45 (+0)LHR 06:35 06:34 (−1)
10-21SYD 15:45 (+0)LHR 06:35 06:15 (−20)

Board clocks recorded as SYD and LHR published them.

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