VA204Virgin Australia · ADL → MEL
updated 36m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA204 AdelaideADL · 06:10 MelbourneMEL · 08:00

VA204 by Virgin Australia flies from Adelaide (ADL) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Wed, Nov 11 departure.

Right nowLanded in Melbourne · today
08:21

arrived at MEL · 21 min late

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+9 minmedian over 12 operations
Cancellation1 in 13tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-11
+0 gate · +21 arrival
11-10
+0 gate · +6 arrival
11-09
+0 gate · +20 arrival
11-08
+7 gate · −16 arrival
11-07
+18 gate · +4 arrival
11-06
+0 gate · +13 arrival
11-05
+19 gate · +12 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 +9 min · 1 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ADLAdelaideModerate riskADL delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
ADL→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.7%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 Adelaide

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High23°Clikely 21°C to 26°C
Low10°Clikely 8°C to 12°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

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High20°Clikely 17°C to 23°C
Low10°Clikely 7°C to 12°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.

When it flies

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

Other Adelaide to Melbourne flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA206departs 06:40
VA208departs 07:15
VA212departs 08:40
VA214departs 10:00
VA216departs 10:40
VA218departs 11:40

If VA204 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Adelaide to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ADL 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 VA204 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA204 across the ADL and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min late. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 9/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA204 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
11-11ADL 06:10 (+0)MEL 08:00 08:21 (+21)
11-10ADL 06:10 (+0)MEL 08:00 08:06 (+6)
11-09ADL 06:10 (+0)MEL 08:00 08:20 (+20)
11-08ADL 06:10 06:17 (+7)MEL 08:00 07:44 (−16)
11-07ADL 06:10 06:28 (+18)MEL 08:00 08:04 (+4)
11-06ADL 06:10 (+0)MEL 08:00 08:13 (+13)
11-05ADL 06:10 06:29 (+19)MEL 08:00 08:12 (+12)
11-04ADL 06:10 (+0)MEL 08:00 08:11 (+11)
11-03ADL 06:10 06:50 (+40)MEL 08:00 08:48 (+48)
11-02ADL 06:10 (+0)MEL 08:00 (+0)
11-01ADL 06:10 (+0)MEL 08:00 07:42 (−18)
10-31ADL 06:10 (+0)MEL 08:00 07:56 (−4)
10-30CANCELLED

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VOL, VH-YFV, VH-YFZ, VH-8IA.

Board clocks recorded as ADL and MEL published them.

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