JQ259Jetstar Airways · AKL → WLG
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ259 AucklandAKL · 12:00 WellingtonWLG · 13:05

JQ259 by Jetstar Airways flies from Auckland (AKL) to Wellington (WLG) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Wellington · off blocks 15:01 · 181 min late
15:50

estimated arrival at WLG · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeJQ259 · position estimated
AKLAucklandWLGWellington
Estimated from the boardsarr 15:50

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 15:01.

Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+110 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+60+121+181 min
11-06
+181 gate · +165 arrival
11-05
+181 gate · +165 arrival
11-03
+2 gate
11-02
+3 gate
10-29
+11 gate · −2 arrival
10-27
−4 gate
10-26
+75 gate · +55 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 +110 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
AKLAucklandOn-time likelyAKL delay board →
WLGWellingtonHigh riskWLG delay board →
AKL→WLGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
6.0%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by WLG (Wellington), currently flying IFR (instrument). 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 Auckland

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High22°Clikely 20°C to 23°C
Low17°Clikely 15°C to 18°C
  • 94% 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.

Tomorrow at Wellington

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 23°C
Low16°Clikely 14°C to 18°C
  • 83% 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Auckland to Wellington flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ251departs 06:00
JQ253departs 07:30
JQ7267departs 09:00
JQ256departs 11:15
JQ261departs 12:30
JQ263departs 16:15

If JQ259 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Auckland to Wellington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in AKL 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 JQ259 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ259 across the AKL and WLG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 1 confirmed landing · 1/1 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ259 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
11-06AKL 12:00 15:01 (+181)WLG 13:05 15:50 (+165)
11-05AKL 12:00 15:01 (+181)WLG 13:05 15:50 (+165)
11-03AKL 12:00 12:02 (+2)WLG 13:05
11-02AKL 12:00 12:03 (+3)WLG 13:05
10-29AKL 12:00 12:11 (+11)WLG 13:05 13:03 (−2)
10-27AKL 12:00 11:56 (−4)WLG 13:05
10-26AKL 12:00 13:15 (+75)WLG 13:05 14:00 (+55)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VGO, VH-VFV, VH-VGP, VH-XNJ.

Board clocks recorded as AKL and WLG published them.

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