JQ955Jetstar Airways · CNS → SYD
live · 20m ago
Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ955 CairnsCNS · 15:35 SydneySYD · 18:30

JQ955 by Jetstar Airways flies from Cairns (CNS) to Sydney (SYD) for the Mon, Sep 21 departure.

Right nowLanded in Sydney · position data
19:05

landed at SYD · confirmed by live position

Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+15 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-21
+10 gate · +10 arrival
09-20
+15 gate · +27 arrival
09-19
+0 gate · +15 arrival
09-18
+0 gate · +5 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 →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
CNS→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CNS and SYD 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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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Cairns to Sydney flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ953departs 06:45
JQ951departs 10:15
JQ959departs 13:30
JQ957departs 19:10

If JQ955 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Cairns to Sydney 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 JQ955 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ955 across the CNS and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ955 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
09-21CNS 15:35 15:45 (+10)SYD 18:30 18:40 (+10)
09-20CNS 15:35 15:50 (+15)SYD 18:30 18:57 (+27)
09-19CNS 15:35 (+0)SYD 18:30 18:45 (+15)
09-18CNS 15:35 (+0)SYD 18:30 18:35 (+5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VQH, VH-VFF.

Board clocks recorded as CNS and SYD published them.

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