JQ945Jetstar Airways · CNS → MEL
live · 23m ago
Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ945 CairnsCNS · 14:30 MelbourneMEL · 18:00

JQ945 by Jetstar Airways flies from Cairns (CNS) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Wed, Sep 23 departure.

Right nowExpected · today · as of 10:48
14:30

departs CNS · on schedule

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 15 operations
Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+97+195+292 min
09-23
−3 arrival
09-22
+25 gate · +15 arrival
09-21
+35 gate · +46 arrival
09-20
+0 gate · +14 arrival
09-19
+0 gate · −15 arrival
09-18
+290 gate · +292 arrival
09-17
+0 gate · −10 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CNSCairnsHigh riskCNS 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
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+8 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
061422
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T
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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
JQ943departs 13:15
JQ947departs 19:35
JQ949departs 21:35

If JQ945 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 JQ945 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ945 across the CNS and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 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 JQ945 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
09-23CNS 14:30MEL 18:00 17:57 (−3)
09-22CNS 14:30 14:55 (+25)MEL 18:00 18:15 (+15)
09-21CNS 14:30 15:05 (+35)MEL 18:00 18:46 (+46)
09-20CNS 14:30 (+0)MEL 18:00 18:14 (+14)
09-19CNS 14:30 (+0)MEL 18:00 17:45 (−15)
09-18CNS 14:30 19:20 (+290)MEL 18:00 22:52 (+292)
09-17CNS 14:30 (+0)MEL 18:00 17:50 (−10)
09-16CNS 14:30 (+0)MEL 18:00 17:57 (−3)
09-15CNS 14:30 14:55 (+25)MEL 18:00 18:16 (+16)
09-14CNS 14:30 (+0)MEL 18:00 17:58 (−2)
09-13CNS 14:30 15:00 (+30)MEL 18:00 18:47 (+47)
09-12CNS 14:30 14:45 (+15)MEL 18:00 (+0)
09-11CNS 14:30 (+0)MEL 18:00 17:45 (−15)
09-10CNS 14:30 (+0)MEL 18:00 17:55 (−5)
09-09CNS 14:30 (+0)MEL 18:00 (+0)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VFH, VH-X3A, VH-VFT, VH-X3H.

Board clocks recorded as CNS and MEL published them.

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