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The route from Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (YSSY) in Sydney to Christchurch International Airport (NZCH) in Christchurch. SkyMeter tracks roughly 1,645 scheduled flights on this route across 3 carriers. The most active operator is QFA (QFA). Average block time is 3h 4m. Departures average 46 minutes off schedule, with 86% running more than 15 minutes late. The most common aircraft on this route is the BOEING Boeing 737-800.

Scheduled
1,645
last 479 days
ADS-B observed
346
Airlines
3
Avg dep delay
46m
Late >15 min
85.9%
Cancel rate
1.42%

Airlines on this route

6 carriers · scheduled

Qantas Airways Limited
QFA · QF · 829 flights · avg 44m delay · 85.2% late
3 cancelled
Air New Zealand Ltd
ANZ · NZ · 435 flights · avg 43m delay · 82.0% late
19 cancelled
Emirates
UAE · EK · 377 flights · avg 54m delay · 92.0% late
5 cancelled
Vistajet Ltd
VJT · 2 flights · avg 12m delay · 0.0% late
Atlas Air
GTI · 5Y · 1 flights · avg 30m delay · 100.0% late
Express Airways Nigeria Limited
EAN · NV · 1 flights · avg 18m delay · 100.0% late

Recent observed flights

From ADS-B trace data

QFA139VH-XZHB738
2026-08-26 09:45  →  2026-08-26 12:32  ·  2h 47m
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QFA137VH-VYZB738
2026-08-26 01:02  →  2026-08-26 03:49  ·  2h 46m
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PHA61VH-RANCRER
2026-08-26 00:39  →  2026-08-26 03:36  ·  2h 57m
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UAE3HJA6-EUSA388
2026-08-25 22:04  →  2026-08-26 00:53  ·  2h 48m
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QFA139VH-XZHB738
2026-08-25 10:03  →  2026-08-25 12:52  ·  2h 48m
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QFA137VH-XZHB738
2026-08-25 00:47  →  2026-08-25 04:03  ·  3h 16m
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ANZ220ZK-NHDA20N
2026-08-24 23:06  →  2026-08-25 02:01  ·  2h 55m
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UAE3HJA6-EURA388
2026-08-24 22:03  →  2026-08-25 01:02  ·  2h 58m
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UAE3HJA6-EUTA388
2026-08-23 21:53  →  2026-08-24 00:57  ·  3h 3m
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QFA139VH-XZJB738
2026-08-23 09:32  →  2026-08-23 12:32  ·  3h 0m
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Codeshare partnerships

Marketing carriers selling tickets on this route under their own flight numbers

sells QFA 906
sells QFA 834
sells QFA 834
sells QFA 834
sells ANZ 478
sells ANZ 478
sells ANZ 478
sells ANZ 478
sells ANZ 478
sells ANZ 454
sells QFA 445
sells UAE 421
sells QFA 417
sells QFA 417
sells ANZ 399
sells ANZ 394
sells ANZ 384
sells ANZ 382
sells QFA 247
sells QFA 195

Typical aircraft

Observed via ADS-B on this route

BOEING Boeing 737-800
B738
49%
of flights
AIRBUS Airbus A320 Neo
A20N
24%
of flights
AIRBUS Airbus A380-800
A388
23%
of flights
BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
B38M
0%
of flights
RAYTHEON-BEECH-HAWKER Raytheon/Beech Beechjet 400/T-1 Jayhawk
BE40
0%
of flights
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE Gulfstream V
GLF5
0%
of flights
CRER
CRER
0%
of flights
AIRBUS Airbus A321
A321
0%
of flights

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