VA303Virgin Australia · MEL → BNE

updated 4h ago

Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA303 MelbourneMEL · 06:00 BrisbaneBNE · 07:10

VA303 by Virgin Australia flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Brisbane (BNE).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily

06:00

scheduled from MEL

⚖ VA303 typically leaves −1 and lands −10. The air wins minutes back.

Typical gate push−1 minmedian posted departure

Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 10 operations

Wins back in air~9 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival

0+30+60+90 min

11-13

+14 gate · −9 arrival

11-12

−5 gate · −12 arrival

11-11

−2 gate · −17 arrival

11-10

−5 gate · −22 arrival

11-09

−4 gate · −13 arrival

11-06

−1 gate · −12 arrival

11-05

−1 gate · −4 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 −10 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards

MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →

BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →

MEL→BNEevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample

40%Chance of 15+ min delay

6.5%Chance of cancellation

+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MEL and BNE 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

Mon 16 Nov, local date

High15°Clikely 13°C to 16°C

Low8°Clikely 6°C to 9°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 Brisbane

Forecast

Mon 16 Nov, local date

High28°Clikely 26°C to 30°C

Low21°Clikely 19°C to 22°C

62% chance of thunder
93% 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

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

Other Melbourne to Brisbane flights today

same route · Virgin Australia

VA301departs 06:05

VA307departs 06:40

VA9905departs 07:09

VA309departs 07:10

VA313departs 08:10

VA317departs 08:40

If VA303 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Melbourne to Brisbane 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 VA303 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA303 across the MEL and BNE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 10/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA303 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

11-13MEL 06:00 06:14 (+14)BNE 07:10 07:01 (−9)

11-12MEL 06:00 05:55 (−5)BNE 07:10 06:58 (−12)

11-11MEL 06:00 05:58 (−2)BNE 07:10 06:53 (−17)

11-10MEL 06:00 05:55 (−5)BNE 07:10 06:48 (−22)

11-09MEL 06:00 05:56 (−4)BNE 07:10 06:57 (−13)

11-06MEL 06:00 05:59 (−1)BNE 07:10 06:58 (−12)

11-05MEL 06:00 05:59 (−1)BNE 07:10 07:06 (−4)

11-04MEL 06:00 06:04 (+4)BNE 07:10 07:03 (−7)

11-03MEL 06:00 05:56 (−4)BNE 07:10 07:09 (−1)

11-02MEL 06:00 06:11 (+11)BNE 07:10 07:02 (−8)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8VK, VH-VUE, VH-YIH, VH-IJW.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and BNE published them.

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