JQ971Jetstar Airways · PER → MEL
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ971 PerthPER · 23:45 MelbourneMEL · 06:20

JQ971 by Jetstar Airways flies from Perth (PER) to Melbourne (MEL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
23:45

scheduled from PER

⚖ JQ971 typically leaves +17 and lands +7. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+17 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+7 minmedian over 16 operations
Wins back in air~10 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 16tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-16
+14 gate · +33 arrival
10-15
+35 gate · +9 arrival
10-14
+14 gate · −6 arrival
10-13
+12 gate · −4 arrival
10-12
+15 gate · −17 arrival
10-11
+25 gate · −17 arrival
10-10
+7 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 +7 min · 0 cancelled · 16 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PERPerthOn-time likelyPER delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
PER→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PER and MEL 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 →

When it flies

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

Other Perth to Melbourne flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ975departs 09:40
JQ967departs 12:55
JQ973departs 14:35

If JQ971 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Perth to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PER local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How JQ971 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ971 across the PER and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min late. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 9/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ971 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
10-16PER 23:45 23:59 (+14)MEL 06:20 06:53 (+33)
10-15PER 23:45 00:20 (+35)MEL 06:20 06:29 (+9)
10-14PER 23:45 23:59 (+14)MEL 06:20 06:14 (−6)
10-13PER 23:45 23:57 (+12)MEL 06:20 06:16 (−4)
10-12PER 23:45 00:00 (+15)MEL 06:20 06:03 (−17)
10-11PER 23:45 00:10 (+25)MEL 06:20 06:03 (−17)
10-10PER 23:45MEL 06:20 06:27 (+7)
10-09PER 23:45 23:59 (+14)MEL 06:20 06:01 (−19)
10-08PER 23:45MEL 06:20 06:53 (+33)
10-07PER 23:45 00:04 (+19)MEL 06:20 06:06 (−14)
10-06PER 23:45 00:18 (+33)MEL 06:20 06:38 (+18)
10-05PER 23:45MEL 06:20 06:45 (+25)
10-04PER 23:45 00:02 (+17)MEL 06:20 06:22 (+2)
10-03PER 23:45MEL 06:20 07:07 (+47)
10-02PER 23:45 00:50 (+65)MEL 05:20 06:10 (+50)
10-01PER MEL 05:20 05:22 (+2)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-OFW, VH-OFV, VH-OIR, VH-OFQ.

Board clocks recorded as PER and MEL published them.

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