FD257 is operated by ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE OF AUSTRALIA (SOUTH EASTERN SECTION) between Dubbo City Regional Airport (YSDU) and Sydney Bankstown Airport (YSBK). The flight is most often flown by a BEECH Beech Super King Air 350. Typical block time is 1h 0m. SkyMeter has observed 43 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
43
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
1h 0m
tracked time
📅
SERVICE PERIOD
12/09/2025 → 07/24/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
23 / 1
city pairs · airframes
⚠
INCIDENT RATE
2.3%
1 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

10
YMEN → YWSL
2
avg 49m · Melbourne Essendon → West Sale
YSDU → YSBK
2
avg 43m · Dubbo City → Sydney Bankstown
YSBK → YWLM
2
avg 1h 11m · Sydney Bankstown → Newcastle
YMEN → YMAY
2
avg 53m · Melbourne Essendon → Albury
YMAY → YMEN
2
avg 2h 30m · Albury → Melbourne Essendon
YMEN → YBDG
2
avg 25m · Melbourne Essendon → Bendigo
YWLM → YSBK
2
avg 34m · Newcastle → Sydney Bankstown
YWSL → YMEN
1
avg 40m · West Sale → Melbourne Essendon
YWBL → YMEN
1
avg 2h 22m · Warrnambool → Melbourne Essendon
YMLT → YMEN
1
avg 1h 4m · Launceston → Melbourne Essendon

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

1
B350 BEECH Beech Super King Air 350
53

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
1
Rejected TO
0
Stall warnings
0
Overspeeds
0
Runway excursion
0
Counts represent flights with at least one occurrence of each flag, not the total event count. See /incidents for individual events.

Recent flights

Newest 30 operations of FD257

30
VH-VPQBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/24/2026
48m
△ Low approach-stability score
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VH-VPQBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/22/2026
54m
No alerts
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VH-VPQBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/17/2026
56m
No alerts
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VH-VPQBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/15/2026
59m
No alerts
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VH-VPQBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/14/2026
34m
No alerts
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VH-VPQBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/14/2026
35m
No alerts
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VH-VPQBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/14/2026
11m
No alerts
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VH-VPQBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/14/2026
23m
No alerts
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VH-VPQBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/13/2026
12m
No alerts
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VH-VPQBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/13/2026
36m
No alerts
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VH-VPQBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/13/2026
40m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/10/2026
43m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/10/2026
31m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/10/2026
2h 21m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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07/10/2026
41m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/09/2026
1h 4m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/09/2026
1h 22m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/09/2026
26m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/07/2026
3h 5m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/07/2026
51m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/06/2026
39m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/06/2026
15m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/06/2026
2h 8m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/06/2026
24m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/02/2026
40m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/02/2026
32m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/02/2026
1h 36m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
07/01/2026
1h 56m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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07/01/2026
19m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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07/01/2026
55m
No alerts
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