VA7Virgin Australia · MEL → DOH
live · 10m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA7 MelbourneMEL · 16:10 DohaDOH · 23:15

VA7 by Virgin Australia flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Doha (DOH) for the Mon, Aug 17 departure.

Right nowEn route to Doha · off blocks 16:15 · 5 min late
En route

en route from MEL to DOH

En routeVA7 · position estimated
MELMelbourneDOHDoha
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 16:15 · typical taxi-out at MEL ≈ 9 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−2 minmedian over 15 operations
Wins back in air~4 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 16tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-18
+2 gate · −2 arrival
08-17
+5 gate
08-16
−4 gate · −30 arrival
08-15
−3 gate · −17 arrival
08-14
+19 gate · +4 arrival
08-13
−5 gate · −5 arrival
08-12
−4 gate · −19 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 · 16 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
DOHDohaOn-time likelyDOH delay board →
MEL→DOHevery 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
2.7%Chance of cancellation
+6 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by DOH (Doha), currently flying MVFR (marginal 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.

How VA7 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA7 across the MEL and DOH boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 12/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA7 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
08-18MEL 16:10 16:12 (+2)DOH 23:15 23:13 (−2)
08-17MEL 16:10 16:15 (+5)DOH
08-16MEL 16:10 16:06 (−4)DOH 23:15 22:45 (−30)
08-15MEL 16:10 16:07 (−3)DOH 23:15 22:58 (−17)
08-14MEL 16:10 16:29 (+19)DOH 23:15 23:19 (+4)
08-13MEL 16:10 16:05 (−5)DOH 23:15 23:10 (−5)
08-12MEL 16:10 16:06 (−4)DOH 23:15 22:56 (−19)
08-11MEL 16:10 16:12 (+2)DOH 23:15 23:13 (−2)
08-10MEL 16:10 16:09 (−1)DOH 23:15 23:09 (−6)
08-09MEL 16:10 16:23 (+13)DOH 23:15 23:13 (−2)
08-08MEL 16:10 16:17 (+7)DOH 23:15 23:20 (+5)
08-07MEL 16:10 16:07 (−3)DOH 23:15 23:13 (−2)
08-06MEL 16:10 16:23 (+13)DOH 23:15 00:04 (+49)
08-05MEL 16:10DOH 23:15 23:09 (−6)
08-04MEL 16:10 16:22 (+12)DOH 23:15 23:14 (−1)
08-03MEL 16:10 16:12 (+2)DOH 23:15 23:17 (+2)

Aircraft

Recent tails: A7-BEN, A7-BEH, A7-BAI.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and DOH published them.

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