VA146Virgin Australia · ZQN → MEL
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA146 QueenstownZQN · 14:05 MelbourneMEL · 15:40

VA146 by Virgin Australia flies from Queenstown (ZQN) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today · as of 12:18
14:05

departs ZQN · on schedule

⚖ VA146 typically leaves +0 and lands −5. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~5 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
−13 arrival
10-28
+0 gate · −13 arrival
10-26
+0 gate · −2 arrival
10-25
+0 gate · −5 arrival
10-23
+30 gate · −1 arrival
10-21
+0 gate · −22 arrival
10-19
+0 gate · −7 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 −5 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ZQNQueenstownModerate riskZQN delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
ZQN→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
50%Chance of 15+ min delay
9.6%Chance of cancellation
+20 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Queenstown to Melbourne with Virgin Australia · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.4%0.9× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.4%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 21% chance of snow and 91% chance of rain at Queenstown

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Fewer than one departure a day on this route with this airline, so read it as a rough guide. · 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 Melbourne flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA9540departs 12:00

If VA146 is cancelled, this is the other Virgin Australia nonstop flight from Queenstown to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ZQN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA146 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA146 across the ZQN and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 8/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA146 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
10-29ZQN 14:05MEL 15:40 15:27 (−13)
10-28ZQN 14:05 (+0)MEL 15:40 15:27 (−13)
10-26ZQN 14:05 (+0)MEL 15:40 15:38 (−2)
10-25ZQN 14:05 (+0)MEL 15:40 15:35 (−5)
10-23ZQN 17:40 18:10 (+30)MEL 19:10 19:09 (−1)
10-21ZQN 17:40 (+0)MEL 19:10 18:48 (−22)
10-19ZQN 17:40 (+0)MEL 19:10 19:03 (−7)
10-18ZQN 17:45 (+0)MEL 19:15 19:16 (+1)
10-16ZQN 17:40 18:21 (+41)MEL 19:10 19:39 (+29)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8IK, VH-8IL, VH-YIS, VH-YIO.

Board clocks recorded as ZQN and MEL published them.

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