VA303Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · MEL → BNE
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA303 MelbourneMEL · 06:00 BrisbaneBNE · 08:10

VA303 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Brisbane (BNE) for the Thu, Sep 10 departure.

Right nowTaxiing out at Melbourne · left the gate 06:01 · 1 min late
Taxiing

on the ground at MEL · waiting for takeoff

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
MELMelbourneBNEBrisbane
Taxiing out at MEL857 mi flight ahead
0 ftAltitudeon the ground
5 mphSpeed4 kt
276°Direction

Live position · on the ground at MEL, taxiing for departure.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-10
+1 gate · −6 arrival
09-09
−1 gate · −2 arrival
09-08
+0 gate · +35 arrival
09-07
+0 gate · −5 arrival
09-05
+31 gate · +26 arrival
09-04
−8 gate · −10 arrival
09-03
+1 gate · −6 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 · 15 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
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.3%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

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. 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 Melbourne to Brisbane flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA301departs 06:05
VA307departs 06:50
VA309departs 07:10
VA313departs 08:10
VA319departs 09:10
VA321departs 10:10

If VA303 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Melbourne to Brisbane on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. 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 on time. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 11/14 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
09-10MEL 06:00 06:01 (+1)BNE 08:10 08:04 (−6)
09-09MEL 06:00 05:59 (−1)BNE 08:10 08:08 (−2)
09-08MEL 06:00 (+0)BNE 08:10 08:45 (+35)
09-07MEL 06:00 (+0)BNE 08:10 08:05 (−5)
09-05MEL 06:00 06:31 (+31)BNE 08:10 08:36 (+26)
09-04MEL 06:00 05:52 (−8)BNE 08:10 08:00 (−10)
09-03MEL 06:00 06:01 (+1)BNE 08:10 08:04 (−6)
09-02MEL 06:00 05:58 (−2)BNE 08:10 08:05 (−5)
09-01MEL 06:00 06:20 (+20)BNE 08:10 08:18 (+8)
08-31MEL 06:00 06:04 (+4)BNE 08:10 08:15 (+5)
08-30MEL 06:00 06:12 (+12)BNE 08:10 08:04 (−6)
08-29MEL 06:00 06:13 (+13)BNE 08:10 08:33 (+23)
08-28MEL 06:00 06:01 (+1)BNE 08:10 08:13 (+3)
08-27MEL 06:00 05:52 (−8)BNE 08:10 07:49 (−21)
08-26MEL BNE 08:10 08:24 (+14)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-IJQ, VH-YFE, VH-VUL, VH-NBP.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and BNE published them.

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