QF171Sunstate Airlines · MEL → WLG
live · 30m ago
Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF171 MelbourneMEL · 08:00 WellingtonWLG · 13:30

QF171 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Wellington (WLG) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowEn route to Wellington · off blocks 07:57 · 3 min early
En route

en route from MEL to WLG

En routeQF171 · position estimated
MELMelbourneWLGWellington
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 07:57 · typical taxi-out at MEL ≈ 11 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+3 minmedian over 1 operations

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
−3 gate
10-27
+8 gate
10-26
+11 gate
10-25
−7 gate
10-24
+3 gate
10-23
−2 gate · +3 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 +3 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
WLGWellingtonHigh riskWLG delay board →
MEL→WLGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.2%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MEL (Melbourne), currently flying VFR (visual). 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Melbourne to Wellington with Sunstate Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: elevated
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.1%5.1× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.6%1.4× usual

Forecast weather: 71% chance of rain and gusts to 41 kt at Wellington

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 1 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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.

Other Melbourne to Wellington flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF173departs 13:40

If QF171 is cancelled, this is the other Sunstate Airlines nonstop flight from Melbourne to Wellington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF171 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF171 across the MEL and WLG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs on time. Based on 6 confirmed departures · 6/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF171 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
10-28MEL 08:00 07:57 (−3)WLG 13:30
10-27MEL 08:00 08:08 (+8)WLG 13:30
10-26MEL 08:00 08:11 (+11)WLG 13:30
10-25MEL 08:00 07:53 (−7)WLG 13:30
10-24MEL 09:00 09:03 (+3)WLG 14:35
10-23MEL 09:00 08:58 (−2)WLG 14:35 14:38 (+3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-XZJ, VH-VZX, VH-VZU.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and WLG published them.

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