VA259Virgin Australia · MEL → CBR
updated 5h ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA259 MelbourneMEL · 08:50 CanberraCBR · 10:00

VA259 by Virgin Australia flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Canberra (CBR) for the Mon, Nov 2 departure.

Right nowLanded in Canberra · today
09:49

arrived at CBR · 11 min early

Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 12 operations
Wins back in air~3 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
11-02
+2 gate · −11 arrival
11-01
+16 gate · −12 arrival
10-31
+13 gate · +3 arrival
10-30
+1 gate · +12 arrival
10-29
+20 gate · +18 arrival
10-28
−4 gate · −8 arrival
10-27
+24 gate · +0 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 +2 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

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

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.9%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MEL and CBR 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

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High19°Clikely 17°C to 20°C
Low12°Clikely 10°C to 13°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 Canberra

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High22°Clikely 20°C to 24°C
Low12°Clikely 10°C to 13°C
  • 40% chance of thunder
  • 94% chance of rain

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

Other Melbourne to Canberra flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA253departs 06:20
VA267departs 12:30
VA281departs 17:05
VA291departs 21:55

If VA259 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Melbourne to Canberra 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 VA259 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA259 across the MEL and CBR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 10/12 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA259 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
11-02MEL 08:50 08:52 (+2)CBR 10:00 09:49 (−11)
11-01MEL 08:50 09:06 (+16)CBR 10:00 09:48 (−12)
10-31MEL 08:50 09:03 (+13)CBR 10:00 10:03 (+3)
10-30MEL 08:50 08:51 (+1)CBR 10:00 10:12 (+12)
10-29MEL 08:50 09:10 (+20)CBR 10:00 10:18 (+18)
10-28MEL 08:50 08:46 (−4)CBR 10:00 09:52 (−8)
10-27MEL 08:50 09:14 (+24)CBR 10:00 (+0)
10-26MEL 08:50 10:25 (+95)CBR 10:00 11:26 (+86)
10-25MEL 08:50 08:56 (+6)CBR 10:00 10:01 (+1)
10-24MEL 08:55 08:59 (+4)CBR 10:00 10:05 (+5)
10-23MEL 08:55 (+0)CBR 10:00 09:56 (−4)
10-22MEL 08:55 08:52 (−3)CBR 10:00 10:02 (+2)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8VG, VH-YFL, VH-YIQ, VH-YFK.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and CBR published them.

Planning around VA259? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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