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Kingsford Smith (SYD) departure delays

Name: Kingsford Smith (SYD) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 1,268 sampled departures, 65.5% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 26.3 minutes. Sample window: Apr 19, 2026 to May 8, 2026.

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

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 22:00–22:59, 34.6% late.
Best day of week: Tuesday, 53.6% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Air New Zealand (NZ)	24	83.3%	27.1 min
Qantas Airways (QF)	470	75.3%	28.3 min
Virgin Australia (VA)	254	68.5%	26.5 min
Jetstar Airways (JQ)	204	62.3%	26.8 min
rex. Regional Express (ZL)	71	57.8%	41.4 min

Routes from SYD

SYD to MEL — 190 flights per week
SYD to BNE — 117 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

65.5% of this SYD sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

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

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "SYD", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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