JQ988Jetstar Airways · SYD → PER
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ988 SydneySYD · 19:50 PerthPER · 21:45

JQ988 by Jetstar Airways flies from Sydney (SYD) to Perth (PER) for the Sun, Nov 1 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Perth
23:52

estimated arrival at PER · local time · ~6h 26m from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
PER2,036 mi · ~6h 26m leftSYD
10,500 ftAltitudeclimbing
319 mphSpeed277 kt
230°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 8 min

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+20 gate
10-30
+0 gate
10-28
+0 gate

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
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
PERPerthOn-time likelyPER delay board →
SYD→PERevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by SYD (Sydney), 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 on this route

Forecast

Sydney to Perth with Jetstar Airways · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.8%1.3× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.1%1.5× usual

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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 Sydney to Perth flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ986departs 11:45

If JQ988 is cancelled, this is the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flight from Sydney to Perth on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SYD 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 JQ988 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ988 across the SYD and PER boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: departed +0 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ988 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
10-31SYD 19:50 20:10 (+20)PER 21:45
10-30SYD 19:50 (+0)PER 21:45
10-28SYD 19:50 (+0)PER 21:45

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VFT, VH-XSJ, VH-VGH.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and PER published them.

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