VA317Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · MEL → BNE
live · 3h ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA317 MelbourneMEL · 08:45 BrisbaneBNE · 10:55

VA317 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Brisbane (BNE) for the Sat, Sep 19 departure.

Right nowTaxiing out at Melbourne · off blocks 09:22 · 37 min late · typical taxi ≈ 9.1 min
Taxiing

en route from MEL to BNE

En routeVA317 · position estimated
MELMelbourneBNEBrisbane
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 09:22 · typical taxi-out at MEL ≈ 9.1 min.

Typical gate push+37 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+30 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~7 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

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

Early read, sample still building
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.5%Chance of cancellation

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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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
VA303departs 06:00
VA301departs 06:05
VA307departs 06:50
VA309departs 07:10
VA313departs 08:10
VA319departs 09:10

If VA317 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 VA317 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA317 across the MEL and BNE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +30 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA317 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
09-19MEL 08:45 09:22 (+37)BNE 10:55 11:25 (+30)
09-18MEL 08:45 09:22 (+37)BNE 10:55 11:25 (+30)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-IXJ.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and BNE published them.

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