VA208Virgin Australia · ADL → MEL
updated 12m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA208 AdelaideADL · 07:15 MelbourneMEL · 09:05

VA208 by Virgin Australia flies from Adelaide (ADL) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Wed, Nov 11 departure.

Right nowLanded in Melbourne · today
08:59

arrived at MEL · 6 min early

⚖ VA208 typically leaves +0 and lands −6. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-11
+0 gate · −6 arrival
11-10
+17 gate · −5 arrival
11-09
+0 gate · +5 arrival
11-08
+0 gate · −13 arrival
11-07
+8 gate · −15 arrival
11-06
+0 gate · −6 arrival
11-05
+0 gate · −11 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 −6 min · 0 cancelled · 12 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
VA204departs 06:10
VA206departs 06:40
VA212departs 08:40
VA214departs 10:00
VA216departs 10:40
VA218departs 11:40

If VA208 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 VA208 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA208 across the ADL and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 10/11 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA208 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 07:15 (+0)MEL 09:05 08:59 (−6)
11-10ADL 07:15 07:32 (+17)MEL 09:05 09:00 (−5)
11-09ADL 07:15 (+0)MEL 09:05 09:10 (+5)
11-08ADL 07:15 (+0)MEL 09:05 08:52 (−13)
11-07ADL 07:15 07:23 (+8)MEL 09:05 08:50 (−15)
11-06ADL 07:15 (+0)MEL 09:05 08:59 (−6)
11-05ADL 07:15 (+0)MEL 09:05 08:54 (−11)
11-04ADL 07:15 (+0)MEL 09:05 09:16 (+11)
11-03ADL 07:15 07:30 (+15)MEL 09:05 09:37 (+32)
11-02ADL 07:15 (+0)MEL 09:05 08:51 (−14)
11-01ADL 07:15 (+0)MEL 09:05 08:54 (−11)
10-31ADL 07:15 (+0)MEL

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8IE, VH-YFS, VH-YQO, VH-YWD.

Board clocks recorded as ADL and MEL published them.

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