VA356Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · BNE → MEL
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA356 BrisbaneBNE · 20:55 MelbourneMEL · 00:20

VA356 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Brisbane (BNE) to Melbourne (MEL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
20:55

scheduled from BNE

⚖ VA356 typically leaves +33 and lands +8. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+33 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+8 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~25 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-24
+52 gate · +30 arrival
10-23
+52 gate · +30 arrival
10-22
+42 gate · +14 arrival
10-21
+33 gate · +3 arrival
10-20
+17 gate · −1 arrival
10-19
+38 gate · +8 arrival
10-18
+32 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 +8 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
BNE→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.9%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MEL (Melbourne), currently flying VFR (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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Brisbane to Melbourne flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA306departs 06:05
VA9536departs 06:10
VA308departs 06:55
VA312departs 07:05
VA314departs 07:55
VA304departs 08:05

If VA356 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Brisbane to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA356 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA356 across the BNE and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min late. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 8/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA356 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
10-24BNE 20:55 21:47 (+52)MEL 00:20 00:50 (+30)
10-23BNE 20:55 21:47 (+52)MEL 00:20 00:50 (+30)
10-22BNE 20:55 21:37 (+42)MEL 00:20 00:34 (+14)
10-21BNE 20:55 21:28 (+33)MEL 00:20 00:23 (+3)
10-20BNE 20:55 21:12 (+17)MEL 00:20 00:19 (−1)
10-19BNE 20:55 21:33 (+38)MEL 00:20 00:28 (+8)
10-18BNE 20:55 21:27 (+32)MEL 00:20 00:26 (+6)
10-16BNE 20:55 21:37 (+42)MEL 00:20 00:34 (+14)
10-15BNE 20:55 21:40 (+45)MEL 00:20 00:36 (+16)
10-14BNE 20:55 (+0)MEL 00:20 00:56 (+36)
10-13BNE 20:55 (+0)MEL 00:20 00:23 (+3)
10-12BNE 20:55 21:15 (+20)MEL 00:20 00:22 (+2)
10-11BNE 20:55 21:14 (+19)MEL 00:20 00:24 (+4)
10-09BNE MEL 00:20 00:05 (−15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8II, VH-8VH, VH-YFY, VH-8IP.

Board clocks recorded as BNE and MEL published them.

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