Qantas Airways (QF) on-time performance

Of 2,566 sampled QF departures, 70.4% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 27.7 minutes. Sample window: Oct 17, 2025 to Oct 15, 2026. Its published schedule has about 839 flights a week on 67 routes.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

On-time performance by month

Month Departures sampled Late Average lateness
Nov 2025 64 85.9% 41.4 min
Dec 2025 55 80.0% 40.1 min
Jan 2026 81 91.4% 38.4 min
Feb 2026 24 58.3% 7.3 min
Mar 2026 128 81.3% 28.8 min
Apr 2026 107 79.4% 27.7 min
May 2026 1,501 58.4% 22.6 min
Jun 2026 81 79.0% 27.6 min
Jul 2026 120 92.5% 39.9 min
Aug 2026 152 92.8% 36.9 min
Sep 2026 165 94.6% 36.4 min
Oct 2026 79 94.9% 38.1 min

On-time performance by airport

Departure airport Departures sampled Late Average lateness
Kingsford Smith (SYD) 470 75.3% 28.3 min
Los Angeles International (LAX) 399 93.2% 31.2 min
Brisbane International (BNE) 388 46.7% 17.8 min
Melbourne (MEL) 303 52.2% 18.3 min
John F Kennedy International (JFK) 212 88.7% 49.4 min
Heathrow (LHR) 147 96.6% 35.6 min
Adelaide International Airport (ADL) 118 38.1% 18.8 min
Singapore Changi (SIN) 108 88.0% 34.9 min
Perth (PER) 90 48.9% 21.3 min
Gatwick (LGW) 77 37.7% 13.7 min

Busiest routes

Aircraft on its scheduled flights

On-time history by flight

The QF flights that are late right now

GET /flight_delays filtered by airline_iata=QF returns the flights delayed at this moment: flight number, scheduled and actual times and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&airline_iata=QF

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