JQ500Jetstar Airways · MEL → SYD
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ500 MelbourneMEL · 06:00 SydneySYD · 07:30

JQ500 by Jetstar Airways flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Sydney (SYD) for the Sun, Oct 18 departure.

Right nowExpected in Sydney · On Time
07:30

arrival expected at SYD · on schedule

Typical gate push−1 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~4 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-18
−5 gate
10-17
+5 gate · +22 arrival
10-16
+10 gate · +0 arrival
10-15
−3 gate · −13 arrival
10-12
−7 gate · −15 arrival
10-11
−5 gate · −18 arrival
10-10
−3 gate · −15 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 −5 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
SYDSydneyHigh riskSYD delay board →
MEL→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MEL 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.

Other Melbourne to Sydney flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ6001departs 02:00
JQ7526departs 06:00
JQ7990departs 06:00
JQ7992departs 06:00
JQ510departs 06:45
JQ502departs 07:30

If JQ500 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Melbourne to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How JQ500 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ500 across the MEL and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 11/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ500 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
10-18MEL 06:00 05:55 (−5)SYD 07:30
10-17MEL 06:00 06:05 (+5)SYD 07:30 07:52 (+22)
10-16MEL 06:00 06:10 (+10)SYD 07:30 (+0)
10-15MEL 06:00 05:57 (−3)SYD 07:25 07:12 (−13)
10-12MEL 06:00 05:53 (−7)SYD 07:30 07:15 (−15)
10-11MEL 06:00 05:55 (−5)SYD 07:30 07:12 (−18)
10-10MEL 06:00 05:57 (−3)SYD 07:30 07:15 (−15)
10-09MEL 06:00 05:56 (−4)SYD 07:30 08:13 (+43)
10-08MEL 06:00 06:06 (+6)SYD 07:25 (+0)
10-07MEL 06:00 05:57 (−3)SYD 07:30 07:20 (−10)
10-06MEL 06:00 05:59 (−1)SYD 07:30 07:15 (−15)
10-05MEL 06:00 06:05 (+5)SYD 07:30 07:40 (+10)
10-04MEL 06:00 06:23 (+23)SYD 07:30 07:28 (−2)
10-03MEL 06:00 (+0)SYD 07:30 07:25 (−5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VWN, VH-VFJ, VH-VFQ, VH-VQJ.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and SYD published them.

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