QF702Sunstate Airlines · MEL → CNS
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Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF702 MelbourneMEL · 08:25 CairnsCNS · 10:50

QF702 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Cairns (CNS) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowLanded in Cairns · today
10:50

arrived at CNS · on schedule

Typical gate push+1 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~1 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-22
+13 gate · +0 arrival
10-21
+1 gate · −15 arrival
10-20
−1 gate · −18 arrival
10-19
−1 gate · +1 arrival
10-18
−3 gate · −19 arrival
10-17
+5 gate · −1 arrival
10-16
+21 gate · +18 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
CNSCairnsOn-time likelyCNS delay board →
MEL→CNSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+8 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 →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Melbourne to Cairns flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF700departs 09:15
QF704departs 14:15

If QF702 is cancelled, these are the other Sunstate Airlines nonstop flights from Melbourne to Cairns 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 QF702 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF702 across the MEL and CNS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 11/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF702 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
10-22MEL 08:25 08:38 (+13)CNS 10:50 (+0)
10-21MEL 08:25 08:26 (+1)CNS 10:50 10:35 (−15)
10-20MEL 08:25 08:24 (−1)CNS 10:50 10:32 (−18)
10-19MEL 08:25 08:24 (−1)CNS 10:50 10:51 (+1)
10-18MEL 08:25 08:22 (−3)CNS 10:50 10:31 (−19)
10-17MEL 08:25 08:30 (+5)CNS 10:50 10:49 (−1)
10-16MEL 08:25 08:46 (+21)CNS 10:50 11:08 (+18)
10-15MEL 08:25 08:24 (−1)CNS 10:50 10:53 (+3)
10-14MEL 08:25 (+0)CNS 10:50 10:53 (+3)
10-13MEL 08:25 (+0)CNS 10:50 10:40 (−10)
10-12MEL 08:25 08:48 (+23)CNS 10:50 11:17 (+27)
10-11MEL 08:25 08:26 (+1)CNS 10:50 10:44 (−6)
10-10MEL 08:25 08:24 (−1)CNS 10:50 10:36 (−14)
10-09MEL 08:25 08:53 (+28)CNS 10:50 11:05 (+15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VYI, VH-VZM, VH-VZE, VH-VYF.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and CNS published them.

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