VA120Virgin Australia · ZQN → BNE
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA120 QueenstownZQN · 17:35 BrisbaneBNE · 18:20

VA120 by Virgin Australia flies from Queenstown (ZQN) to Brisbane (BNE) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today · as of 03:07
17:35

departs ZQN · on schedule

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−8 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
−19 arrival
10-29
+0 gate · −19 arrival
10-28
+0 gate · +29 arrival
10-27
+0 gate · −12 arrival
10-26
+0 gate · +18 arrival
10-25
+0 gate · −5 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 −8 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ZQNQueenstownOn-time likelyZQN delay board →
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
ZQN→BNEevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
30%Chance of 15+ min delay
10%Chance of cancellation
+4 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at ZQN and BNE 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

Queenstown to Brisbane with Virgin Australia · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.5%1.1× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
1.9%1.1× 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Queenstown to Brisbane flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA9544departs 15:25
VA116departs 15:35
VA118departs 17:35
VA122departs 17:40
VA9930departs 20:46

If VA120 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Queenstown to Brisbane on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ZQN 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 VA120 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA120 across the ZQN and BNE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 4/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA120 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
10-30ZQN 17:35BNE 18:20 18:01 (−19)
10-29ZQN 17:35 (+0)BNE 18:20 18:01 (−19)
10-28ZQN 17:35 (+0)BNE 18:20 18:49 (+29)
10-27ZQN 17:35 (+0)BNE 18:20 18:08 (−12)
10-26ZQN 17:35 (+0)BNE 18:20 18:38 (+18)
10-25ZQN 17:35 (+0)BNE 18:20 18:15 (−5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YIJ, VH-8II, VH-8IM.

Board clocks recorded as ZQN and BNE published them.

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