JQ798Jetstar Airways · MEL → MCY
live · 3h ago
Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ798 MelbourneMEL · 15:00 Sunshine CoastMCY · 17:20

JQ798 by Jetstar Airways flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Sunshine Coast (MCY).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
15:00

scheduled from MEL

Typical gate push+22 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+15 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~7 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+70+141+211 min
08-16
+22 gate · +15 arrival
08-11
+3 gate · −17 arrival
08-09
+211 gate · +208 arrival

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

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
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+6 minAvg hub delay right now

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. 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 Melbourne to Sunshine Coast flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ792departs 07:05
JQ794departs 10:55
JQ796departs 12:20

If JQ798 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 posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How JQ798 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ798 across the MEL and MCY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +208 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ798 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
08-16MEL 15:00 15:22 (+22)MCY 17:20 17:35 (+15)
08-11MEL 15:00 15:03 (+3)MCY 17:20 17:03 (−17)
08-09MEL 15:00 18:31 (+211)MCY 17:20 20:48 (+208)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VFH, VH-VGR, VH-VGJ, VH-VQK.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and MCY published them.

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