VA1459 MelbourneMEL · 10:50 DarwinDRW · 15:00
VA1459 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Darwin (DRW) for the Mon, Sep 14 departure.
arrived at DRW · 12 min late
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at MEL and DRW are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Melbourne to Darwin flights today
same route · Virgin Australia Regional AirlinesIf VA1459 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Melbourne to Darwin 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 VA1459 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA1459 across the MEL and DRW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: left noticeably late (~30 min) but landed about 19 min early. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA1459 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: VH-IWY.
Board clocks recorded as MEL and DRW published them.
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Pro Flight Search — VA1459 Melbourne to Darwin on-time performance, measured from the MEL and DRW airport boards.
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