JQ957Jetstar Airways · CNS → SYD
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ957 CairnsCNS · 18:05 SydneySYD · 22:05

JQ957 by Jetstar Airways flies from Cairns (CNS) to Sydney (SYD) for the Mon, Nov 9 departure.

Right nowEn route to Sydney
22:05

estimated arrival at SYD · local time · landing about now

En routeJQ957 · position estimated
CNSCairnsSYDSydney
Estimated from the boardsarr 22:05

Board estimate · gate and arrival times.

Typical arrival+15 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-09
+10 arrival
11-08
+15 arrival
11-06
+15 arrival
11-05
+20 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
CNSCairnsHigh riskCNS delay board →
SYDSydneyHigh riskSYD delay board →
CNS→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.9%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at CNS and SYD are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 at Cairns

Forecast

Wed 11 Nov, local date

High31°Clikely 30°C to 32°C
Low25°Clikely 24°C to 26°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Sydney

Forecast

Wed 11 Nov, local date

High25°Clikely 21°C to 29°C
Low16°Clikely 14°C to 18°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
M
T
W
T
F
S
S

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

Other Cairns to Sydney flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ951departs 06:40
JQ953departs 09:05
JQ959departs 13:30
JQ955departs 15:35

If JQ957 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Cairns to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CNS local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How JQ957 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ957 across the CNS and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 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 JQ957 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
11-10CNS 18:05SYD 22:05
11-09CNS 18:05SYD 22:05 22:15 (+10)
11-08CNS 18:05SYD 22:05 22:20 (+15)
11-06CNS 18:05SYD 22:05 22:20 (+15)
11-05CNS 18:05SYD 22:05 22:25 (+20)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-X3H, VH-VFP, VH-VGH, VH-VWN.

Board clocks recorded as CNS and SYD published them.

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