JQ973Jetstar Airways · PER → MEL
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ973 PerthPER · 09:30 MelbourneMEL · 16:05

JQ973 by Jetstar Airways flies from Perth (PER) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Sun, Nov 15 departure.

Right nowDescending into Melbourne
16:47

estimated arrival at MEL · local time · ~5 min from now

LivePosition · updated 4m ago
PER10 mi · ~5 min leftMEL
2,900 ftAltitudedescending
184 mphSpeed160 kt
172°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 3h 30m

⚖ JQ973 typically leaves +22 and lands +5. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+22 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+5 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~17 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation1 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-14
+42 gate · +22 arrival
11-13
+49 gate · +24 arrival
11-12
+16 gate · −1 arrival
11-11
+14 gate · +6 arrival
11-10
+17 gate · +3 arrival
11-09
+24 gate · −1 arrival
11-07
+3 gate · −17 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 +5 min · 1 cancelled · 10 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
3.2%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

Mon 16 Nov, local date

High29°Clikely 26°C to 31°C
Low17°Clikely 15°C to 18°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

Mon 16 Nov, local date

High15°Clikely 13°C to 17°C
Low8°Clikely 6°C to 10°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.

When it flies

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

Other Perth to Melbourne flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ967departs 12:55
JQ975departs 15:00
JQ977departs 17:45
JQ971departs 23:55

If JQ973 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 JQ973 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ973 across the PER and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min late. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 7/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ973 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 09:30 10:12 (+42)MEL 16:05 16:27 (+22)
11-13PER 09:30 10:19 (+49)MEL 16:05 16:29 (+24)
11-12PER 09:30 09:46 (+16)MEL 16:05 16:04 (−1)
11-11PER 09:30 09:44 (+14)MEL 16:05 16:11 (+6)
11-10PER 09:30 09:47 (+17)MEL 16:05 16:08 (+3)
11-09PER 09:30 09:54 (+24)MEL 16:05 16:04 (−1)
11-07PER 09:30 09:33 (+3)MEL 16:05 15:48 (−17)
11-06CANCELLED
11-05PER 09:30 09:52 (+22)MEL 16:05 16:10 (+5)
11-04PER 09:30 09:56 (+26)MEL 16:05 16:37 (+32)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-OFP, VH-OFL, VH-OYP, VH-OYD.

Board clocks recorded as PER and MEL published them.

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