VA734Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · OOL → MEL
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA734 Gold CoastOOL · 11:25 MelbourneMEL · 14:50

VA734 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Gold Coast (OOL) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Mon, Oct 12 departure.

Right nowLanded in Melbourne · position data
15:22

arrived at MEL · 32 min late

⚖ VA734 typically leaves +19 and lands −2. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+19 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−2 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~21 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-12
+52 gate · +28 arrival
10-11
+19 gate · +2 arrival
10-10
+5 gate · −20 arrival
10-09
+24 gate · +9 arrival
10-08
+23 gate · +0 arrival
10-07
+20 gate · −13 arrival
10-06
+11 gate · −7 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 · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
OOLGold CoastOn-time likelyOOL delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
OOL→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by OOL (Gold Coast), 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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Gold Coast to Melbourne flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA726departs 06:00
VA728departs 08:20
VA730departs 09:05
VA758departs 09:20
VA732departs 10:05
VA1237departs 10:20

If VA734 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Gold Coast to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in OOL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA734 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA734 across the OOL and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 8/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA734 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
10-12OOL 11:25 12:17 (+52)MEL 14:50 15:18 (+28)
10-11OOL 11:25 11:44 (+19)MEL 14:50 14:52 (+2)
10-10OOL 11:25 11:30 (+5)MEL 14:50 14:30 (−20)
10-09OOL 11:25 11:49 (+24)MEL 14:50 14:59 (+9)
10-08OOL 11:25 11:48 (+23)MEL 14:50 (+0)
10-07OOL 11:25 11:45 (+20)MEL 14:50 14:37 (−13)
10-06OOL 11:25 11:36 (+11)MEL 14:50 14:43 (−7)
10-05OOL 11:25 11:44 (+19)MEL 14:50 14:48 (−2)
10-04OOL 11:25 11:40 (+15)MEL 14:50 14:46 (−4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YIE, VH-YIT, VH-8VF, VH-YQM.

Board clocks recorded as OOL and MEL published them.

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