JQ972Jetstar Airways · MEL → PER
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ972 MelbourneMEL · 07:20 PerthPER · 08:30

JQ972 by Jetstar Airways flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Perth (PER) for the Wed, Oct 21 departure.

Right nowEn route to Perth · off blocks 08:04 · 44 min late
08:30

estimated arrival at PER · local time · ~68 min from now

En routeJQ972 · position estimated
MELMelbournePERPerth
Estimated from the boardsarr 08:30

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 08:04 · typical taxi-out at MEL ≈ 11 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ JQ972 typically leaves +26 and lands −4. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+26 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~30 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-21
+44 gate
10-20
+26 gate · −11 arrival
10-19
+26 gate · +7 arrival
10-18
+15 gate · −9 arrival
10-17
+31 gate
10-16
+27 gate · −2 arrival
10-15
+18 gate · −9 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 −4 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneHigh riskMEL delay board →
PERPerthHigh riskPER delay board →
MEL→PERevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
55%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+17 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by PER (Perth), 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 Melbourne to Perth flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ900departs 08:10
JQ968departs 10:00
JQ970departs 12:30
JQ974departs 17:10

If JQ972 is cancelled, these are the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flights from Melbourne to Perth on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How JQ972 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ972 across the MEL and PER boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 7/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ972 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
10-21MEL 07:20 08:04 (+44)PER 08:30
10-20MEL 07:20 07:46 (+26)PER 08:30 08:19 (−11)
10-19MEL 07:20 07:46 (+26)PER 08:30 08:37 (+7)
10-18MEL 07:20 07:35 (+15)PER 08:30 08:21 (−9)
10-17MEL 07:20 07:51 (+31)PER 08:30
10-16MEL 07:20 07:47 (+27)PER 08:30 08:28 (−2)
10-15MEL 07:20 07:38 (+18)PER 08:30 08:21 (−9)
10-14MEL 07:20 07:37 (+17)PER 08:30 08:11 (−19)
10-13MEL 07:20 07:46 (+26)PER 08:30 08:26 (−4)
10-12MEL 07:20 07:44 (+24)PER 08:30 08:42 (+12)
10-11MEL 07:20 07:44 (+24)PER 08:30 08:32 (+2)

Aircraft

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

Board clocks recorded as MEL and PER published them.

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