QF flight landing at MEL Terminal 5?

[astrosly]

Hi, looking at the cancellations and delays of QF from SYD to MEL today and saw this flight which states it would land at Terminal 5, but this terminal doesn't seem to exist. The flight is also an odd number QF7391. Where is it supposed to be going?

 

[Human]

It’s a Qantas freight flight, most probably from Perth to Melbourne.

 

[Quickstatus]

QF7xx_ is a freight flight (often a passenger aircraft not carrying passengers but only freight)
QF6xx_ is a ferry flight (a flight with no passengers and is flown to position an aircraft at another airport. Sometimes a training flight - also with no passengers)

 

[astrosly]

So terminal 5 is a freight terminal? I don't see it on any MEL airport maps.

 

[Quickstatus]

So terminal 5 is a freight terminal

It's not called T5 and there is no terminal as such. The freight "buildings" are along the south side of the Airport.

 

[justinbrett]

They would have just numbered it T5 as their system would need something - some airports do have cargo terminals but they're not normally numbered. The one in SYD is more of a cargo terminal (not sure if it's called that though)

 

[jb747]

It’s used for all sorts of things. Diverted aircraft might end up there.

 

[serfty]

Back in the 90's when I did some contracting for AAE, I took a flight to SYD from around there.

It was under an XM designation.