JQ561Jetstar Airways · BNE → MEL
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ561 BrisbaneBNE · 06:00 MelbourneMEL · 09:20

JQ561 by Jetstar Airways flies from Brisbane (BNE) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowDescending into Melbourne · off blocks 06:15 · 15 min late
09:20

estimated arrival at MEL · local time · ~11 min from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
MEL96 mi · ~11 min leftBNE
28,100 ftAltitudedescending
447 mphSpeed388 kt
185°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 1h 52m

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~22 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
+15 gate
10-27
+6 gate · −9 arrival
10-26
+11 gate · −7 arrival
10-25
+15 gate · −5 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
BNE→MELevery 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
6.9%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MEL (Melbourne), currently flying VFR (visual). 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Brisbane to Melbourne with Jetstar Airways · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.5%0.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.4%1.0× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 6 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

Other Brisbane to Melbourne flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ565departs 07:30
JQ563departs 08:00
JQ8993departs 08:15
JQ8995departs 08:15
JQ8991departs 11:15
JQ567departs 11:50

If JQ561 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Brisbane to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How JQ561 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ561 across the BNE and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ561 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
10-28BNE 06:00 06:15 (+15)MEL 09:20
10-27BNE 06:00 06:06 (+6)MEL 09:20 09:11 (−9)
10-26BNE 06:00 06:11 (+11)MEL 09:20 09:13 (−7)
10-25BNE 06:00 06:15 (+15)MEL 09:20 09:15 (−5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-OYX, VH-OYW, VH-OLU.

Board clocks recorded as BNE and MEL published them.

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