JQ296Jetstar Airways · ZQN → AKL
live · 13m ago
Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ296 QueenstownZQN · 13:00 AucklandAKL · 14:50

JQ296 by Jetstar Airways flies from Queenstown (ZQN) to Auckland (AKL) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today
13:00

departs ZQN · on schedule

⚖ JQ296 typically leaves +0 and lands −7. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~7 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-22
+15 arrival
10-21
+0 gate · −7 arrival
10-20
+0 gate · −8 arrival
10-18
+0 gate · −13 arrival
10-16
+0 gate · +14 arrival
10-15
+10 gate · +15 arrival
10-14
+0 gate · −21 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 −7 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ZQNQueenstownOn-time likelyZQN delay board →
AKLAucklandOn-time likelyAKL delay board →
ZQN→AKLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
27%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ZQN and AKL 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Queenstown to Auckland flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ292departs 10:50
JQ7292departs 11:00
JQ298departs 17:30

If JQ296 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Queenstown to Auckland on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ZQN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How JQ296 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ296 across the ZQN and AKL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 9/11 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ296 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
10-22ZQN 13:00AKL 14:50 15:05 (+15)
10-21ZQN 13:00 (+0)AKL 14:50 14:43 (−7)
10-20ZQN 13:00 (+0)AKL 14:50 14:42 (−8)
10-18ZQN 13:00 (+0)AKL 14:50 14:37 (−13)
10-16ZQN 13:00 (+0)AKL 14:50 15:04 (+14)
10-15ZQN 13:00 13:10 (+10)AKL 14:50 15:05 (+15)
10-14ZQN 13:00 (+0)AKL 14:50 14:29 (−21)
10-13ZQN 13:00 (+0)AKL 14:50 14:36 (−14)
10-12ZQN 13:00 15:00 (+120)AKL 14:50 16:40 (+110)
10-11ZQN 13:00 14:15 (+75)AKL 14:50 15:47 (+57)
10-10ZQN 09:45 (+0)AKL 11:35 11:22 (−13)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VFO, VH-X3J, VH-VGA, VH-X3D.

Board clocks recorded as ZQN and AKL published them.

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