JQ794Jetstar Airways · MEL → MCY
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ794 MelbourneMEL · 14:20 Sunshine CoastMCY · 15:40

JQ794 by Jetstar Airways flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Sunshine Coast (MCY) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowExpected in Sunshine Coast · today
15:40

arrival expected at MCY · on schedule

Typical gate push+24 minmedian posted departure
Wins back in air~21 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+24 gate
10-30
+24 gate
10-29
+26 gate · +3 arrival
10-28
+8 gate
10-27
+12 gate
10-26
+13 gate
10-25
+89 gate

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 · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
MCYSunshine CoastOn-time likelyMCY delay board →
MEL→MCYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.3%Chance of cancellation
+11 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MEL and MCY 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 on this route

Forecast

Melbourne to Sunshine Coast with Jetstar Airways · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.6%1.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.3%1.1× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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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T
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Melbourne to Sunshine Coast flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ792departs 06:45
JQ796departs 12:20
JQ798departs 17:00

If JQ794 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Melbourne to Sunshine 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 JQ794 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ794 across the MEL and MCY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~13 min late. Based on 7 confirmed departures · 4/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ794 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
10-31MEL 14:20 14:44 (+24)MCY 15:40
10-30MEL 14:20 14:44 (+24)MCY 15:40
10-29MEL 14:20 14:46 (+26)MCY 15:40 15:43 (+3)
10-28MEL 14:20 14:28 (+8)MCY 15:40
10-27MEL 14:20 14:32 (+12)MCY 15:40
10-26MEL 14:20 14:33 (+13)MCY 15:40
10-25MEL 14:20 15:49 (+89)MCY 15:40

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VQH, VH-A5D, VH-VGU, VH-VQC.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and MCY published them.

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