VA1294Virgin Australia · CNS → MEL
updated 1h ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA1294 CairnsCNS · 14:45 MelbourneMEL · 19:10

VA1294 by Virgin Australia flies from Cairns (CNS) to Melbourne (MEL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
17:55

scheduled from CNS

The route today

live boards
CNSCairnsOn-time likelyCNS delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
CNS→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
49%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.9%Chance of cancellation
+19 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MEL (Melbourne), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 at Cairns

Forecast

Sun 15 Nov, local date

High31°Clikely 30°C to 31°C
Low24°Clikely 22°C to 25°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Melbourne

Forecast

Sun 15 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 15°C to 19°C
Low10°Clikely 8°C to 11°C
  • 78% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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 Cairns to Melbourne flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA1290departs 09:10
VA1292departs 11:45
VA1298departs 19:50

If VA1294 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Cairns to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CNS 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 VA1294 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA1294 across the CNS and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +76 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA1294 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
11-11CNS 14:45MEL 19:10 20:26 (+76)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YFT.

Board clocks recorded as CNS and MEL published them.

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