VA243 MelbourneMEL · 19:20 AdelaideADL · 20:15
VA243 by Virgin Australia flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Adelaide (ADL).
scheduled from MEL
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at MEL and ADL are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 Melbourne
ForecastSun 8 Nov, local date
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 Adelaide
ForecastSun 8 Nov, local date
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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Melbourne to Adelaide flights today
same route · Virgin AustraliaIf VA243 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Melbourne to Adelaide on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL 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 VA243 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA243 across the MEL and ADL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +25 min. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA243 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-IJQ.
Board clocks recorded as MEL and ADL published them.
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Pro Flight Search: VA243 Melbourne to Adelaide on-time performance, measured from the MEL and ADL airport boards.
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