SYD to CFS flight delays
Sydney (Mascot) (SYD) Coffs Harbour (CFS)
3,149 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · Australian Government BITRE
73.26%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.6%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
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Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.6% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 20.3 points more punctual than in February — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The 2 airlines here are separated by under 2 points — close enough to call a tie. Choose on price and departure time.
Flights from Sydney (Mascot) to Coffs Harbour run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Rex Airlines arrived on time most often on SYD to CFS. QantasLink was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in January and worst in February.
Every airline on SYD to CFS
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QantasLink | 1,754 | 72.46% | 3.53% | — | D |
| Rex Airlines | 1,333 | 73.94% | 1.28% | — | C |
| Qantas | 62 | 81.36% | 4.84% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Sydney (Mascot)
Common questions
Are flights from Sydney (Mascot) to Coffs Harbour usually delayed?
73.26% of flights on the SYD to CFS route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Sydney (Mascot) to Coffs Harbour?
Rex Airlines, at 73.94% on time across 1,333 flights. The least punctual on the route was QantasLink at 72.46%.
How often are SYD to CFS flights cancelled?
2.6% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 26 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Sydney (Mascot) to Coffs Harbour?
February, when 84.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 64.5%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on SYD to CFS during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →