VA254Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · CBR → MEL
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA254 CanberraCBR · 07:15 MelbourneMEL · 08:30

VA254 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Canberra (CBR) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Mon, Sep 14 departure.

Right nowLanded in Melbourne · today
08:36

arrived at MEL · 6 min late

Typical gate push−2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 15 operations
Wins back in air~3 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-14
+16 gate · +6 arrival
09-13
−5 gate · −12 arrival
09-12
−6 gate · −5 arrival
09-11
+2 gate · +20 arrival
09-10
+15 gate · +7 arrival
09-09
−4 gate · −4 arrival
09-08
−3 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 −5 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CBRCanberraOn-time likelyCBR delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
CBR→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.6%Chance of cancellation
+10 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 →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Canberra to Melbourne flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA252departs 06:55
VA256departs 08:10
VA268departs 13:55
VA9902departs 14:16
VA274departs 15:15
VA284departs 18:50

If VA254 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Canberra to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CBR local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA254 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA254 across the CBR and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 13/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA254 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
09-14CBR 07:15 07:31 (+16)MEL 08:30 08:36 (+6)
09-13CBR 07:15 07:10 (−5)MEL 08:30 08:18 (−12)
09-12CBR 07:15 07:09 (−6)MEL 08:30 08:25 (−5)
09-11CBR 07:15 07:17 (+2)MEL 08:30 08:50 (+20)
09-10CBR 07:15 07:30 (+15)MEL 08:30 08:37 (+7)
09-09CBR 07:15 07:11 (−4)MEL 08:30 08:26 (−4)
09-08CBR 07:15 07:12 (−3)MEL 08:30 08:19 (−11)
09-07CBR 07:15 07:32 (+17)MEL 08:30 08:32 (+2)
09-06CBR 07:15 07:27 (+12)MEL 08:30 08:24 (−6)
09-05CBR 07:15 07:21 (+6)MEL 08:30 08:18 (−12)
09-04CBR 07:15 07:13 (−2)MEL 08:30 08:34 (+4)
09-03CBR 07:15 07:14 (−1)MEL 08:30 08:25 (−5)
09-02CBR 07:15 07:05 (−10)MEL 08:30 08:15 (−15)
09-01CBR 07:15 07:08 (−7)MEL 08:30 08:19 (−11)
08-31CBR 07:15 07:10 (−5)MEL 08:30 08:19 (−11)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YFF, VH-YFK, VH-YFE, VH-VUS.

Board clocks recorded as CBR and MEL published them.

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