QF79Sunstate Airlines · MEL → NRT
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF79 MelbourneMEL · 10:35 TokyoNRT · 19:00

QF79 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Tokyo (NRT) for the Sat, Oct 24 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Tokyo · off blocks 11:13 · 38 min late
18:50

estimated arrival at NRT · local time · ~43 min from now

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
NRT222 mi · ~43 min leftMEL
39,000 ftAltitudecruising
539 mphSpeed468 kt
1°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 12 min

⚖ QF79 typically leaves +28 and lands −17. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+28 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 15 operations
Wins back in air~45 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-24
+38 gate · −10 arrival
10-23
+28 gate · −34 arrival
10-22
+16 gate · −25 arrival
10-21
+45 gate · +7 arrival
10-20
+32 gate · −8 arrival
10-19
+33 gate · −9 arrival
10-18
+19 gate · −9 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
NRTTokyoOn-time likelyNRT delay board →
MEL→NRTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.8%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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How QF79 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF79 across the MEL and NRT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 13/13 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 QF79 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
10-24MEL 10:35 11:13 (+38)NRT 19:00 18:50 (−10)
10-23MEL 10:35 11:03 (+28)NRT 19:00 18:26 (−34)
10-22MEL 10:35 10:51 (+16)NRT 19:00 18:35 (−25)
10-21MEL 10:35 11:20 (+45)NRT 19:00 19:07 (+7)
10-20MEL 10:35 11:07 (+32)NRT 19:00 18:52 (−8)
10-19MEL 10:35 11:08 (+33)NRT 19:00 18:51 (−9)
10-18MEL 10:35 10:54 (+19)NRT 19:00 18:51 (−9)
10-17MEL 10:35 11:26 (+51)NRT 19:00 19:09 (+9)
10-16MEL 10:35 11:09 (+34)NRT 19:00 18:43 (−17)
10-15MEL 10:35 10:54 (+19)NRT 19:00 18:45 (−15)
10-14MEL 10:35 11:00 (+25)NRT 19:00 18:35 (−25)
10-13MEL 10:35 10:55 (+20)NRT 19:00 18:25 (−35)
10-12MEL 10:35 10:56 (+21)NRT 19:00 18:33 (−27)
10-11MEL 10:35 11:10 (+35)NRT 19:00 18:39 (−21)
10-10MEL 10:35 11:00 (+25)NRT 19:00 18:25 (−35)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-QPD, VH-QPB, VH-QPG, VH-QPJ.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and NRT published them.

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