JQ448Jetstar Airways · MEL → OOL
updated 4h ago
Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ448 MelbourneMEL · 20:35 Gold CoastOOL · 21:40

JQ448 by Jetstar Airways flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Gold Coast (OOL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
20:35

scheduled from MEL

⚖ JQ448 typically leaves +19 and lands +3. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+19 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+3 minmedian over 15 operations
Wins back in air~16 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-04
+27 gate · +3 arrival
11-03
+2 gate · −8 arrival
11-02
+41 gate · +16 arrival
11-01
−2 gate · −28 arrival
10-31
+35 gate · +22 arrival
10-30
+33 gate · +24 arrival
10-29
+16 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 +3 min · 0 cancelled · 15 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

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 16°C to 19°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 10°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

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High32°Clikely 30°C to 35°C
Low18°Clikely 16°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
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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
JQ430departs 06:15
JQ432departs 07:00
JQ436departs 10:30
JQ438departs 11:15
JQ440departs 13:00

If JQ448 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 JQ448 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ448 across the MEL and OOL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min late. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 10/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ448 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
11-04MEL 20:35 21:02 (+27)OOL 21:40 21:43 (+3)
11-03MEL 20:35 20:37 (+2)OOL 21:40 21:32 (−8)
11-02MEL 20:35 21:16 (+41)OOL 21:40 21:56 (+16)
11-01MEL 20:35 20:33 (−2)OOL 21:40 21:12 (−28)
10-31MEL 20:35 21:10 (+35)OOL 21:40 22:02 (+22)
10-30MEL 20:35 21:08 (+33)OOL 21:40 22:04 (+24)
10-29MEL 20:35 20:51 (+16)OOL 21:40 21:44 (+4)
10-28MEL 20:35 21:02 (+27)OOL 21:40 21:43 (+3)
10-27MEL 20:35 20:59 (+24)OOL 21:40 21:39 (−1)
10-26MEL 20:35 20:55 (+20)OOL 21:40 22:02 (+22)
10-25MEL 20:35 20:40 (+5)OOL 21:40 21:42 (+2)
10-24MEL 11:30 11:49 (+19)OOL 12:35 12:36 (+1)
10-23MEL 11:30 11:43 (+13)OOL 12:35 12:26 (−9)
10-22MEL 11:30 11:36 (+6)OOL 12:35 12:31 (−4)
10-21MEL 11:30 11:41 (+11)OOL 12:35 12:44 (+9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VFO, VH-A5B, VH-X3E, VH-VFQ.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and OOL published them.

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