JQ708Jetstar Australia · HBA → MEL
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed Jetstar Australia

JQ708 HobartHBA · 18:10 MelbourneMEL · 19:35

JQ708 by Jetstar Australia flies from Hobart (HBA) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowDescending into Melbourne
≈19:15

estimated arrival at MEL · local time · ~19 min from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
MEL87 mi · ~19 min leftHBA
24,500 ftAltitudedescending
406 mphSpeed353 kt
339°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 27 min

Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+17 minmedian over 10 operations
Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-17
+0 gate
08-16
+0 gate · −7 arrival
08-15
−10 gate · −18 arrival
08-14
+0 gate · −4 arrival
08-13
+5 gate · −2 arrival
08-11
+10 gate
08-10
+15 gate · +17 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 +17 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HBAHobartOn-time likelyHBA delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
HBA→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+6 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at HBA and MEL are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, 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 →

When it flies

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

Other Hobart to Melbourne flights today

same route · Jetstar Australia
JQ702departs 14:25
JQ704departs 14:55

If JQ708 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Australia nonstop flights from Hobart to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HBA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How JQ708 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ708 across the HBA and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min late. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 5/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ708 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
08-17HBA 18:10 (+0)MEL 19:35
08-16HBA 18:10 (+0)MEL 19:35 19:28 (−7)
08-15HBA 18:10 18:00 (−10)MEL 19:35 19:17 (−18)
08-14HBA 18:10 (+0)MEL 19:35 19:31 (−4)
08-13HBA 19:15 19:20 (+5)MEL 20:40 20:38 (−2)
08-11HBA 18:10 18:20 (+10)MEL 19:35
08-10HBA 18:10 18:25 (+15)MEL 19:35 19:52 (+17)
08-09HBA 18:10 20:05 (+115)MEL 19:35 21:37 (+122)
08-08HBA 18:10 (+0)MEL 19:35 19:27 (−8)
08-07HBA 18:10 18:50 (+40)MEL 19:35 20:29 (+54)
08-06HBA 18:10 18:30 (+20)MEL 19:35 19:58 (+23)
08-04HBA 18:10 18:35 (+25)MEL 19:35 20:09 (+34)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VFH, VH-OFW, VH-VWU, VH-VFD.

Board clocks recorded as HBA and MEL published them.

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