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(QF) Qantas 579 Flight Details

Delayed by 17m | Arrived

Departure

HTI

Great Barrier Reef Airport, QLD, AU

Flight Gate Times

19-Oct-2026

Scheduled

12:00

 AEST

Actual

12:23

 AEST

Total Departure Delay: 23 mins

Flight Runway Times

19-Oct-2026

Scheduled

--

Actual

12:27

 AEST

Runway Delay: -

Terminal

-

Gate

-

Craft Type

Boeing 737-800 (Scimitar Winglets) Passenger

7S8

Flight Time

Scheduled

2h 20m

Arrival

SYD

Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW, AU

Flight Gate Times

19-Oct-2026

Scheduled

15:20

 AEDT

Actual

15:37

 AEDT

Total Arrival Delay: 17 mins

Flight Runway Times

19-Oct-2026

Scheduled

--

Actual

15:30

 AEDT

Runway Delay: -

Terminal

3

Gate

4

Baggage Claim

Q4

Tail Number

VH-XZD

Flight Time

Actual

2h 14m

Flight Notes

Also marketed as (CX) Cathay Pacific 9081, (MU) China Eastern Airlines 4171, (NZ) Air New Zealand 7139

Event Timeline

Time

Date

UTC

Event

Data Updated

19 Oct

04:40

Actual Gate Arrival changed to Oct-19-2026 3:37 PM

19 Oct

04:31

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Oct-19-2026 3:40 PM to Oct-19-2026 3:37 PM

19 Oct

04:30

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Oct-19-2026 3:27 PM to Oct-19-2026 3:30 PM

Actual Runway Arrival changed to Oct-19-2026 3:30 PM

Status changed from Active to Landed

19 Oct

04:05

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Oct-19-2026 3:38 PM to Oct-19-2026 3:40 PM

19 Oct

03:45

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Oct-19-2026 3:30 PM to Oct-19-2026 3:27 PM

19 Oct

03:30

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Oct-19-2026 3:41 PM to Oct-19-2026 3:38 PM

19 Oct

03:29

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Oct-19-2026 3:31 PM to Oct-19-2026 3:41 PM

19 Oct

03:04

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Oct-19-2026 3:34 PM to Oct-19-2026 3:31 PM

19 Oct

02:35

Estimated Runway Arrival changed to Oct-19-2026 3:30 PM

19 Oct

02:28

Estimated Runway Departure changed to Oct-19-2026 12:27 PM

Actual Runway Departure changed to Oct-19-2026 12:27 PM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Oct-19-2026 3:30 PM to Oct-19-2026 3:34 PM

19 Oct

02:25

Estimated Gate Departure changed from Oct-19-2026 12:10 PM to Oct-19-2026 12:23 PM

Actual Gate Departure changed to Oct-19-2026 12:23 PM

Status changed from Scheduled to Active

19 Oct

02:25

Tail Number changed to VH-XZD

Actual Equipment changed from 73H to 7S8

19 Oct

01:58

Estimated Gate Departure changed from Oct-19-2026 12:00 PM to Oct-19-2026 12:10 PM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Oct-19-2026 3:20 PM to Oct-19-2026 3:30 PM

18 Oct

21:43

Actual Equipment changed to 73H

18 Oct

13:11

Baggage changed to Q4

18 Oct

02:07

Estimated Gate Departure changed to Oct-19-2026 12:00 PM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed to Oct-19-2026 3:20 PM

17 Oct

10:24

Arrival Gate changed to 4

16 Oct

18:41

16 Oct

18:41

Scheduled Gate Departure changed to Oct-19-2026 12:00 PM

Scheduled Gate Arrival changed to Oct-19-2026 3:20 PM

Arrival Terminal changed to 3

Scheduled Equipment changed to 73H