JQ788Jetstar Airways · SYD → MCY
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ788 SydneySYD · 13:20 Sunshine CoastMCY · 13:55

JQ788 by Jetstar Airways flies from Sydney (SYD) to Sunshine Coast (MCY) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today · as of 07:38
13:20

departs SYD · on schedule

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
+20 gate
10-27
+20 gate
10-26
+0 gate
10-25
+0 gate
10-24
+0 gate
10-23
+0 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 · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
MCYSunshine CoastOn-time likelyMCY delay board →
SYD→MCYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.9%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD and MCY 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Sydney to Sunshine Coast with Jetstar Airways · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.0%0.7× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.5%1.0× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 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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T
W
T
F
S
S

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

Other Sydney to Sunshine Coast flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ784departs 06:05
JQ786departs 13:40
JQ790departs 17:50

If JQ788 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Sydney to Sunshine Coast on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SYD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How JQ788 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ788 across the SYD and MCY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs on time. Based on 6 confirmed departures · 4/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ788 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
10-28SYD 13:20 13:40 (+20)MCY 13:55
10-27SYD 13:20 13:40 (+20)MCY 13:55
10-26SYD 13:20 (+0)MCY 13:55
10-25SYD 13:20 (+0)MCY 13:55
10-24SYD 18:15 (+0)MCY 18:50
10-23SYD 18:15 (+0)MCY 18:50

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-XSJ, VH-VFQ, VH-VFV, VH-VGH.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and MCY published them.

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