Flight time
1h 45m
Sydney to Hervey Bay, scheduled
Sydney to Hervey Bay
SYD → HVB · 973 km · Hervey Bay to Sydney
Distance
973 km
great-circle
Punctuality for this route is no longer reported, though historical figures remain below.
The route
973 km great-circle · 1h 45m typical
Cancellations over time
Punctuality data begins Nov 2003 and runs to Jul 2009. Gaps are months with no reported services, not missing data.
Punctuality is no longer reported for this route. The historical series above ends Jul 2009.
Passengers, 2005 to 2014
Not enough data to chart.
Traffic: to Jun 2014 · Marks show industry events
Passenger figures count both directions together — Sydney to Hervey Bay and back. The published statistics do not separate them. Cancellations, punctuality and flight numbers above are for Sydney to Hervey Bay only.
How long is the flight?
Scheduled flight time from Sydney to Hervey Bay is 1h 45m gate to gate, over 973 km. The return leg is scheduled at much the same, 1h 50m.
This is scheduled block time — from leaving the gate to reaching it at the other end — not time in the air, and not a substitute for checking your own booking. It is a median across the flights currently timetabled on this leg.
Flight numbers on this route
1 flight number currently scheduled from Sydney to Hervey Bay. These are the numbers you book under — some are operated by a regional partner such as QantasLink or Alliance.
The route still operates, but it is no longer large enough to appear in the published passenger statistics — those end Jul 2009. The timetable below is current.
Typical flight time 1h 45m.
Not a daily service — this week it is scheduled on Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri and Sun (5 departures).
Jetstar · 1 · Airbus A320
JQ890
Current timetable as at 2026-09-06
Timetables change; these are not a booking source and carry no punctuality figures of their own. The cancellation and on-time rates above are for the route as a whole, not for any single flight number — per-flight performance is not collected.
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 14,346 · Oct 2008 |
| Great-circle distance | 973 km |
Traffic: to Jun 2014