QF63Qantas Airways · SYD → JNB
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Route confirmed Qantas Airways

QF63 SydneySYD · 09:30 JohannesburgJNB · 15:00

QF63 by Qantas Airways flies from Sydney (SYD) to Johannesburg (JNB) for the Sat, Nov 7 departure.

Right nowEn route to Johannesburg · off blocks 09:30 · on schedule
15:00

estimated arrival at JNB · local time · ~2h 22m from now

En routeQF63 · position estimated
SYDSydneyJNBJohannesburg
Estimated from the boardsarr 15:00

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 09:30 · typical taxi-out at SYD ≈ 9.1 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+16 minmedian over 6 operations

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-07
+0 gate
11-05
+0 gate · +25 arrival
11-04
+15 gate · +13 arrival
11-02
+0 gate · +18 arrival
10-31
+30 gate · +22 arrival
10-29
+15 gate · −20 arrival
10-28
+0 gate · −56 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 +16 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
JNBJohannesburgHigh riskJNB delay board →
SYD→JNBevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SYD and JNB 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

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High19°Clikely 18°C to 20°C
Low13°Clikely 11°C to 14°C
  • 80% chance of rain
  • Gusts to 34 kt

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 Johannesburg

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 24°C
Low12°Clikely 10°C to 14°C
  • 78% chance of thunder
  • 97% chance of rain

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 QF63 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF63 across the SYD and JNB boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~16 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 3/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF63 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
11-07SYD 09:30 (+0)JNB 15:00
11-05SYD 09:30 (+0)JNB 15:00 15:25 (+25)
11-04SYD 09:30 09:45 (+15)JNB 15:00 15:13 (+13)
11-02SYD 09:30 (+0)JNB 15:00 15:18 (+18)
10-31SYD 09:30 10:00 (+30)JNB 15:00 15:22 (+22)
10-29SYD 09:30 09:45 (+15)JNB 15:00 14:40 (−20)
10-28SYD 09:30 (+0)JNB 15:00 14:04 (−56)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-OQH, VH-OQJ.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and JNB published them.

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