JQ6Jetstar Airways · CMB → MEL
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JQ6 ColomboCMB MelbourneMEL · 11:05

JQ6 by Jetstar Airways flies from Colombo (CMB) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowExpected in Melbourne · today
10:30

arrival expected at MEL · 35 min early

Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 6 operations

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
−46 arrival
10-25
−7 arrival
10-23
−13 arrival
10-21
−1 arrival
10-18
−25 arrival
10-16
+27 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 −10 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CMBColomboOn-time likelyCMB delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
CMB→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Tomorrow at Melbourne

Forecast

Sat 31 Oct, local date

High22°Clikely 20°C to 26°C
Low14°Clikely 11°C to 16°C
  • 92% chance of rain
  • Gusts to 32 kt
Outlook: high
Chance a departure is cancelled
3.9%usually 1.5%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.2%usually 3.5%

Weather behind it: 92% chance of rain and gusts to 32 kt at Melbourne; 82% chance of rain at Adelaide, where 7% of departures go; 82% chance of rain at Perth, where 6% of departures go

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 310 departures a day. · 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 JQ6 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ6 across the CMB and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ6 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
10-28CMB MEL 11:05 10:19 (−46)
10-25CMB MEL 11:00 10:53 (−7)
10-23CMB MEL 11:00 10:47 (−13)
10-21CMB MEL 11:00 10:59 (−1)
10-18CMB MEL 11:00 10:35 (−25)
10-16CMB MEL 11:00 11:27 (+27)

Aircraft

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

Board clocks recorded as CMB and MEL published them.

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