JQ952Jetstar Airways · SYD → CNS
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ952 SydneySYD · 11:30 CairnsCNS · 13:40

JQ952 by Jetstar Airways flies from Sydney (SYD) to Cairns (CNS) for the Wed, Oct 21 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today
11:30

departs SYD · on schedule

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+20 minmedian over 7 operations

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-21
+20 arrival
10-20
+10 gate · +20 arrival
10-19
−2 gate · +25 arrival
10-18
+15 gate · +4 arrival
10-17
+0 gate · −7 arrival
10-16
+0 gate · +0 arrival
10-15
+46 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 +20 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
CNSCairnsOn-time likelyCNS delay board →
SYD→CNSevery 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
3.9%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by SYD (Sydney), currently flying MVFR (marginal 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 Sydney to Cairns flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ950departs 06:10
JQ954departs 15:15
JQ958departs 18:05
JQ956departs 20:15

If JQ952 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Sydney to Cairns 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 JQ952 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ952 across the SYD and CNS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~20 min late. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 3/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ952 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
10-21SYD 11:30CNS 13:40 14:00 (+20)
10-20SYD 11:30 11:40 (+10)CNS 13:40 14:00 (+20)
10-19SYD 11:30 11:28 (−2)CNS 13:40 14:05 (+25)
10-18SYD 11:30 11:45 (+15)CNS 13:40 13:44 (+4)
10-17SYD 11:30 (+0)CNS 13:40 13:33 (−7)
10-16SYD 11:30 (+0)CNS 13:40 (+0)
10-15SYD CNS 13:40 14:26 (+46)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-XSJ, VH-XNJ, VH-VFD, VH-X3H.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and CNS published them.

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