JQ278Jetstar Airways · ZQN → WLG
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ278 QueenstownZQN · 11:45 WellingtonWLG · 12:55

JQ278 by Jetstar Airways flies from Queenstown (ZQN) to Wellington (WLG) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today · as of 01:07
11:45

departs ZQN · on schedule

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+15 gate
10-28
+0 gate
10-25
+0 gate
10-23
+0 gate
10-21
+0 gate

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

0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ZQNQueenstownOn-time likelyZQN delay board →
WLGWellingtonModerate riskWLG delay board →
ZQN→WLGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
27%Chance of 15+ min delay
6.5%Chance of cancellation
+2 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at ZQN and WLG are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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

Queenstown to Wellington with Jetstar Airways · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: high
Chance a departure is cancelled
3.9%2.3× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.2%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 82% chance of rain at Queenstown; gusts to 42 kt at Wellington

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Fewer than one departure a day on this route with this airline, so read it as a rough guide. · 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.

How JQ278 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ278 across the ZQN and WLG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs on time. Based on 5 confirmed departures · 5/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ278 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-30ZQN 11:15 11:30 (+15)WLG 12:35
10-28ZQN 11:15 (+0)WLG 12:35
10-25ZQN 11:15 (+0)WLG 12:35
10-23ZQN 11:15 (+0)WLG 12:30
10-21ZQN 11:15 (+0)WLG 12:30
10-18ZQN WLG 12:30

Board clocks recorded as ZQN and WLG published them.

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