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Direct flights from Melbourne (MEL) to Hervey Bay (HVB): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 5 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 1,569 km, an estimated 2 hours 31 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Melbourne and Hervey Bay. Updated 13 September 2026 at 05:18 UTC.
MEL
Melbourne
smooth · +9
HVB
Hervey Bay
tracking
1,569 km · ~2h 31m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
71 / 100
route health from live MEL and HVB delay boards
Median arrival delay is +5 min. 0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival+5 minacross the last 4 operated legs
Flight time~2h 31mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Jetstar Airways
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsnext sweep in 120s
How the Melbourne to Hervey Bay route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop MEL to HVB flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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Pro Flight Search — Melbourne (MEL) to Hervey Bay (HVB) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/MEL-HVB
MEL to HVB questions
Is MEL–HVB running on time right now?
Mostly on schedule. The departure side at MEL is the weaker end, route health score 71/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from MEL to HVB?
Great-circle distance is 1,569 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 141–164 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does MEL–HVB fly?
Jetstar Airways runs the route with about 4 flights a week (sun, tue, thu, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at MEL and arrival-side delay at HVB, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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