VA1042Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · MCY → MEL
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA1042 Sunshine CoastMCY · 15:25 MelbourneMEL · 19:00

VA1042 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Sunshine Coast (MCY) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowLanded in Melbourne · today
19:29

arrived at MEL · 29 min late

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+16 minmedian over 15 operations
Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-22
+29 arrival
10-21
+16 arrival
10-20
+13 gate · −17 arrival
10-19
+31 arrival
10-18
+8 arrival
10-17
+51 gate · +19 arrival
10-16
−2 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 +16 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MCYSunshine CoastHigh riskMCY delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
MCY→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
49%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+14 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MCY (Sunshine 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Sunshine Coast to Melbourne flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA1030departs 08:05
VA1036departs 12:25
VA1038departs 13:10
VA1040departs 14:25

If VA1042 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Sunshine Coast to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCY local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA1042 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA1042 across the MCY and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~16 min late. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 7/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA1042 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
10-22MCY 15:25MEL 19:00 19:29 (+29)
10-21MCY 15:25MEL 19:00 19:16 (+16)
10-20MCY 15:25 15:38 (+13)MEL 19:00 18:43 (−17)
10-19MCY 15:25MEL 19:00 19:31 (+31)
10-18MCY 15:25MEL 19:00 19:08 (+8)
10-17MCY 15:25 16:16 (+51)MEL 19:00 19:19 (+19)
10-16MCY 15:25MEL 19:00 18:58 (−2)
10-15MCY 15:25MEL 19:00 18:57 (−3)
10-14MCY 15:25MEL 19:00 19:19 (+19)
10-13MCY 15:25 15:40 (+15)MEL 19:00 18:51 (−9)
10-12MCY 15:25MEL 19:00 19:40 (+40)
10-11MCY 15:25MEL 19:00 19:06 (+6)
10-10MCY 15:25MEL 19:00 18:58 (−2)
10-09MCY 15:25MEL 19:00 19:24 (+24)
10-08MCY 15:25MEL 19:00 19:20 (+20)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YQH, VH-YFX, VH-YIM, VH-YIU.

Board clocks recorded as MCY and MEL published them.

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