JQ989Jetstar Airways · PER → SYD
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Route confirmed Jetstar Airways

JQ989 PerthPER · 22:40 SydneySYD · 06:05

JQ989 by Jetstar Airways flies from Perth (PER) to Sydney (SYD).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
22:40

scheduled from PER

Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 10 operations
Wins back in air~10 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+25 arrival
10-28
+0 arrival
10-26
−5 arrival
10-25
+15 arrival
10-23
+0 arrival
10-21
+8 arrival
10-20
+0 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PERPerthOn-time likelyPER delay board →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
PER→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at PER 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 on this route

Forecast

Perth to Sydney with Jetstar Airways · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.4%0.7× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.2%1.3× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 1 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Perth to Sydney flights today

same route · Jetstar Airways
JQ987departs 14:45

If JQ989 is cancelled, this is the other Jetstar Airways nonstop flight from Perth to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PER 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 JQ989 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JQ989 across the PER and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 9/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JQ989 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
10-30PER 22:40SYD 06:05 06:30 (+25)
10-28PER 22:40SYD 06:05 (+0)
10-26PER 22:40SYD 06:05 06:00 (−5)
10-25PER 22:40SYD 06:05 06:20 (+15)
10-23PER 22:50SYD 06:05 (+0)
10-21PER 22:50SYD 06:05 06:13 (+8)
10-20PER 22:50SYD 06:05 (+0)
10-19PER 22:50 22:56 (+6)SYD 06:05 06:01 (−4)
10-18PER 22:50 23:03 (+13)SYD 06:05 06:04 (−1)
10-17PER SYD 06:05 06:15 (+10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-XSJ, VH-VGH, VH-VFJ, VH-X3C.

Board clocks recorded as PER and SYD published them.

Planning around JQ989? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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