JQ971Jetstar Airways · PER → MEL

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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ971 PerthPER · 23:55 MelbourneMEL · 06:30

JQ971 by Jetstar Airways flies from Perth (PER) to Melbourne (MEL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily

23:55

scheduled from PER

⚖ JQ971 typically leaves +18 and lands −9. The air wins minutes back.

Typical gate push+18 minmedian posted departure

Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 14 operations

Wins back in air~27 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation1 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival

0+30+60+90 min

11-14

−21 arrival

11-13

+8 gate · −14 arrival

11-12

+24 gate · −1 arrival

11-11

+22 gate · −5 arrival

11-10

−4 arrival

11-09

+9 gate · −18 arrival

11-08

CANCELLED

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 −9 min · 1 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards

PERPerthOn-time likelyPER delay board →

MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →

PER→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample

53%Chance of 15+ min delay

3.4%Chance of cancellation

+19 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MEL (Melbourne), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 at Perth

Forecast

Sun 15 Nov, local date

High28°Clikely 25°C to 31°C

Low16°Clikely 14°C to 17°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Melbourne

Forecast

Sun 15 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 15°C to 19°C

Low10°Clikely 8°C to 11°C

78% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures

061422

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Perth to Melbourne flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways

JQ973departs 09:30

JQ967departs 12:55

JQ975departs 15:00

JQ977departs 17:45

If JQ971 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Perth to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PER 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 JQ971 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ971 across the PER and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 11/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ971 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

11-14PER 23:55MEL 06:30 06:09 (−21)

11-13PER 23:55 00:03 (+8)MEL 06:30 06:16 (−14)

11-12PER 23:55 00:19 (+24)MEL 06:30 06:29 (−1)

11-11PER 23:55 00:17 (+22)MEL 06:30 06:25 (−5)

11-10PER 23:55MEL 06:30 06:26 (−4)

11-09PER 23:55 00:04 (+9)MEL 06:30 06:12 (−18)

11-08CANCELLED

11-07PER 23:55MEL 06:30 06:58 (+28)

11-06PER 23:55 00:09 (+14)MEL 06:30 06:09 (−21)

11-05PER 23:55 00:52 (+57)MEL 06:30 06:49 (+19)

11-04PER 23:55 00:13 (+18)MEL 06:30 06:25 (−5)

11-03PER 23:55 00:39 (+44)MEL 06:30 06:45 (+15)

11-02PER 23:55 00:03 (+8)MEL 06:30 06:12 (−18)

11-01PER 23:55 23:57 (+2)MEL 06:30 05:52 (−38)

10-31PER 23:55 00:31 (+36)MEL 06:30 05:53 (−37)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-OYF, VH-OFL, VH-OYD, VH-OFS.

Board clocks recorded as PER and MEL published them.

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