VA147Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · MEL → ZQN
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA147 MelbourneMEL · 11:35 QueenstownZQN · 16:45

VA147 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Queenstown (ZQN) for the Fri, Oct 16 departure.

Right nowCheckIn · gate 11A
11:35

departs MEL · on schedule

⚖ VA147 typically leaves +32 and lands +0. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+32 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~32 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+55+111+166 min
10-14
+6 gate · +0 arrival
10-12
+18 gate · −29 arrival
10-11
+57 gate · +20 arrival
10-10
+166 gate · +135 arrival
10-09
+2 gate · +0 arrival
10-07
+6 gate · +0 arrival
10-05
−2 gate · −20 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
ZQNQueenstownOn-time likelyZQN delay board →
MEL→ZQNevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How VA147 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA147 across the MEL and ZQN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 7/9 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA147 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
10-14MEL 11:35 11:41 (+6)ZQN 16:45 (+0)
10-12MEL 11:35 11:53 (+18)ZQN 16:45 16:16 (−29)
10-11MEL 11:35 12:32 (+57)ZQN 16:45 17:05 (+20)
10-10MEL 11:35 14:21 (+166)ZQN 16:45 19:00 (+135)
10-09MEL 11:35 11:37 (+2)ZQN 16:45 (+0)
10-07MEL 11:35 11:41 (+6)ZQN 16:45 (+0)
10-05MEL 11:35 11:33 (−2)ZQN 16:45 16:25 (−20)
10-04MEL 11:35 12:07 (+32)ZQN 16:45 (+0)
10-03MEL 11:35 12:17 (+42)ZQN 17:45 17:57 (+12)
10-02MEL 11:35 13:13 (+98)ZQN

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YIV, VH-8IL, VH-8IP, VH-8IO.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and ZQN published them.

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