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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 1,616 scheduled flights on this route across 3 carriers. The most active operator is QFA (QFA). Average block time is 3h 4m. Departures average 47 minutes off schedule, with 87% running more than 15 minutes late. The most common aircraft on this route is the BOEING Boeing 737-800.

Scheduled
1,616
last 444 days
ADS-B observed
348
Airlines
3
Avg dep delay
47m
Late >15 min
86.7%
Cancel rate
1.44%

Airlines on this route

6 carriers · scheduled

Qantas Airways Limited
QFA · QF · 814 flights · avg 45m delay · 86.1% late
3 cancelled
Air New Zealand Ltd
ANZ · NZ · 427 flights · avg 43m delay · 82.4% late
19 cancelled
Emirates
UAE · EK · 371 flights · avg 55m delay · 93.1% 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-XZPB738
2026-07-19 09:11  →  2026-07-19 12:22  ·  3h 10m
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ANZ224ZK-NHBA20N
2026-07-19 07:46  →  2026-07-19 10:53  ·  3h 6m
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FJI451DQ-FADB38M
2026-07-19 04:00  →  2026-07-19 23:54  ·  19h 53m
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QFA137VH-XZPB738
2026-07-19 00:31  →  2026-07-19 03:41  ·  3h 10m
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UAE3HJA6-EUVA388
2026-07-18 22:20  →  2026-07-19 01:24  ·  3h 3m
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QFA139VH-XZJB738
2026-07-18 09:55  →  2026-07-18 12:46  ·  2h 50m
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ANZ224ZK-NHBA20N
2026-07-18 08:46  →  2026-07-18 11:42  ·  2h 55m
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QFA137VH-XZJB738
2026-07-18 01:08  →  2026-07-18 04:18  ·  3h 9m
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UAE3HJA6-EOGA388
2026-07-17 22:19  →  2026-07-18 01:34  ·  3h 15m
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QFA191VH-VZUB738
2026-07-17 21:41  →  2026-07-18 00:56  ·  3h 14m
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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
AIRBUS Airbus A321 Neo
A21N
0%
of flights
BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
B38M
0%
of flights
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE Gulfstream V
GLF5
0%
of flights
AIRBUS Airbus A321
A321
0%
of flights
GA7C
GA7C
0%
of flights

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