JQ989Jetstar Airways · PER → SYD
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ989 PerthPER · 23:55 SydneySYD · 06:15

JQ989 by Jetstar Airways flies from Perth (PER) to Sydney (SYD).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
23:55

scheduled from PER

⚖ JQ989 typically leaves +14 and lands −10. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+14 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 15 operations
Wins back in air~24 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-25
+2 gate · −10 arrival
09-24
+23 gate · −7 arrival
09-23
+24 gate · +15 arrival
09-22
+28 gate · +20 arrival
09-21
−15 arrival
09-20
+37 gate · +22 arrival
09-19
+22 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 −10 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PERPerthOn-time likelyPER delay board →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
PER→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

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

How JQ989 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ989 across the PER and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 12/14 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ989 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
09-25PER 23:55 23:57 (+2)SYD 06:15 06:05 (−10)
09-24PER 23:55 00:18 (+23)SYD 06:15 06:08 (−7)
09-23PER 23:55 00:19 (+24)SYD 06:15 06:30 (+15)
09-22PER 23:55 00:23 (+28)SYD 06:15 06:35 (+20)
09-21PER 23:55SYD 06:15 06:00 (−15)
09-20PER 23:55 00:32 (+37)SYD 06:15 06:37 (+22)
09-19PER 23:55 00:17 (+22)SYD 06:15 06:05 (−10)
09-18PER 23:55 23:57 (+2)SYD 06:15 06:05 (−10)
09-17PER 23:55 00:03 (+8)SYD 06:15 06:05 (−10)
09-16PER 23:55SYD 06:15 (+0)
09-15PER 23:55SYD 06:15 06:03 (−12)
09-14PER 23:55SYD 06:15 06:03 (−12)
09-13PER 23:55 00:03 (+8)SYD 06:15 06:05 (−10)
09-12PER 23:55 00:01 (+6)SYD 06:15 06:03 (−12)
09-11PER 23:55 00:09 (+14)SYD 06:15 06:05 (−10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-OYR, VH-VFU, VH-X3E, VH-A5B.

Board clocks recorded as PER and SYD published them.

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