JQ430Jetstar Airways · MEL → OOL
updated 6h ago
Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ430 MelbourneMEL · 06:15 Gold CoastOOL · 07:20

JQ430 by Jetstar Airways flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Gold Coast (OOL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
06:15

scheduled from MEL

⚖ JQ430 typically leaves +6 and lands −5. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 12 operations
Wins back in air~11 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
+5 gate · −4 arrival
11-03
+9 gate · +0 arrival
11-02
+9 gate · −8 arrival
11-01
−4 gate · −27 arrival
10-31
−1 gate · −16 arrival
10-30
+5 gate · −6 arrival
10-29
+5 gate · −4 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −5 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
OOLGold CoastOn-time likelyOOL delay board →
MEL→OOLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MEL and OOL are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow at Melbourne

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 24°C
Low8°Clikely 6°C to 11°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Gold Coast

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High25°Clikely 24°C to 26°C
Low17°Clikely 15°C to 20°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Melbourne to Gold Coast flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ7992departs 06:00
JQ432departs 07:00
JQ436departs 10:30
JQ438departs 11:15
JQ440departs 13:00
JQ434departs 14:50

If JQ430 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Melbourne to Gold Coast on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How JQ430 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ430 across the MEL and OOL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 11/12 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ430 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-05MEL 06:15 06:20 (+5)OOL 07:20 07:16 (−4)
11-03MEL 06:15 06:24 (+9)OOL 07:20 (+0)
11-02MEL 06:15 06:24 (+9)OOL 07:20 07:12 (−8)
11-01MEL 06:15 06:11 (−4)OOL 07:20 06:53 (−27)
10-31MEL 06:15 06:14 (−1)OOL 07:20 07:04 (−16)
10-30MEL 06:15 06:20 (+5)OOL 07:20 07:14 (−6)
10-29MEL 06:15 06:20 (+5)OOL 07:20 07:16 (−4)
10-27MEL 06:15 06:21 (+6)OOL 07:20 07:09 (−11)
10-26MEL 06:15 06:24 (+9)OOL 07:20 07:03 (−17)
10-25MEL 06:15 06:40 (+25)OOL 07:20 07:23 (+3)
10-24MEL 07:15 07:08 (−7)OOL 08:20 08:16 (−4)
10-23MEL 07:15 07:21 (+6)OOL 08:20 08:33 (+13)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VQA, VH-VWT, VH-VQK, VH-VQH.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and OOL published them.

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