JQ943Jetstar Airways · CNS → MEL
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ943 CairnsCNS · 13:15 MelbourneMEL · 16:35

JQ943 by Jetstar Airways flies from Cairns (CNS) to Melbourne (MEL).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
13:15

scheduled from CNS

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+7 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-19
+0 gate · +7 arrival
09-16
+0 gate · +0 arrival
09-08
+10 gate · +22 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
CNSCairnsOn-time likelyCNS delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
CNS→MELevery 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
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CNS 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 Cairns to Melbourne flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ941departs 07:00
JQ33departs 11:00
JQ945departs 14:30
JQ947departs 19:35
JQ949departs 21:35

If JQ943 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Cairns to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CNS local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How JQ943 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ943 across the CNS and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed +7 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ943 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
09-19CNS 13:15 (+0)MEL 16:35 16:42 (+7)
09-16CNS 13:15 (+0)MEL 16:35 (+0)
09-08CNS 13:15 13:25 (+10)MEL 16:35 16:57 (+22)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VGU, VH-VQC, VH-VGO.

Board clocks recorded as CNS and MEL published them.

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