JQ5Jetstar Airways · MEL → CMB
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ5 MelbourneMEL · 13:00 ColomboCMB

JQ5 by Jetstar Airways flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Colombo (CMB).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates Tue Thu Sat
13:00

scheduled from MEL

Typical gate push+60 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+62 gate
10-29
+62 gate
10-27
+32 gate
10-24
+60 gate
10-22
+27 gate
10-20
+26 gate
10-17
+62 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 · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneModerate riskMEL delay board →
CMBColomboOn-time likelyCMB delay board →
MEL→CMBevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Melbourne to Colombo with Jetstar Airways · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: elevated
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.9%3.0× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
6.9%1.3× usual

Forecast weather: 75% chance of rain and gusts to 30 kt at Melbourne

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 JQ5 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ5 across the MEL and CMB boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~46 min late. Based on 7 confirmed departures · 2/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ5 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
10-30MEL 13:00 14:02 (+62)CMB
10-29MEL 13:00 14:02 (+62)CMB
10-27MEL 13:00 13:32 (+32)CMB
10-24MEL 13:00 14:00 (+60)CMB
10-22MEL 13:00 13:27 (+27)CMB
10-20MEL 13:00 13:26 (+26)CMB
10-17MEL 13:00 14:02 (+62)CMB

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VKB, VH-VKD, VH-VKG, VH-VKA.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and CMB published them.

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Pro Flight Search: JQ5 Melbourne to Colombo on-time performance, measured from the MEL and CMB airport boards.

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