JQ947Jetstar Airways · CNS → MEL
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ947 CairnsCNS · 18:35 MelbourneMEL · 23:00

JQ947 by Jetstar Airways flies from Cairns (CNS) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Fri, Oct 23 departure.

Right nowEn route to Melbourne · off blocks 18:50 · 15 min late
En route

en route from CNS to MEL

En routeJQ947 · position estimated
CNSCairnsMELMelbourne
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 18:50.

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+14 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~1 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
10-23
+15 gate · +14 arrival
10-11
+0 gate · +1 arrival
10-10
+20 gate · +34 arrival
10-09
+15 gate · +14 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
CNSCairnsOn-time likelyCNS delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
CNS→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+8 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 →

When it flies

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

Other Cairns to Melbourne flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ941departs 07:00
JQ33departs 10:00
JQ943departs 12:30
JQ945departs 14:50
JQ949departs 20:35

If JQ947 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Cairns to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CNS local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How JQ947 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ947 across the CNS and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ947 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
10-23CNS 18:35 18:50 (+15)MEL 23:00 23:14 (+14)
10-11CNS 18:35 (+0)MEL 23:00 23:01 (+1)
10-10CNS 18:35 18:55 (+20)MEL 23:00 23:34 (+34)
10-09CNS 18:35 18:50 (+15)MEL 23:00 23:14 (+14)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-A5B, VH-VFQ, VH-X3A.

Board clocks recorded as CNS and MEL published them.

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