JQ963Jetstar Airways · CNS → ADL
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JQ963 CairnsCNS · 09:10 AdelaideADL · 12:55

JQ963 by Jetstar Airways flies from Cairns (CNS) to Adelaide (ADL) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowEn route to Adelaide · off blocks 09:10 · on schedule
En route

en route from CNS to ADL

En routeJQ963 · position estimated
CNSCairnsADLAdelaide
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 09:10.

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+25 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
+0 gate · +25 arrival
10-24
+0 gate · −5 arrival
10-23
+35 gate · +40 arrival
10-22
+0 gate · +25 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 →
ADLAdelaideOn-time likelyADL delay board →
CNS→ADLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+4 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at CNS and ADL 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

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High31°Clikely 30°C to 32°C
Low23°Clikely 22°C to 24°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 Adelaide

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 18°C to 25°C
Low10°Clikely 8°C to 12°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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Cairns to Adelaide flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ961departs 10:20

If JQ963 is cancelled, this is the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flight from Cairns to Adelaide 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 JQ963 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ963 across the CNS and ADL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~25 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 1/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ963 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
11-05CNS 09:10 (+0)ADL 12:55 13:20 (+25)
10-24CNS 09:10 (+0)ADL 12:55 12:50 (−5)
10-23CNS 09:10 09:45 (+35)ADL 12:55 13:35 (+40)
10-22CNS 09:10 (+0)ADL 12:55 13:20 (+25)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VGU, VH-VFJ, VH-VQG.

Board clocks recorded as CNS and ADL published them.

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