VA1293Virgin Australia · MEL → CNS
live · 16m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA1293 MelbourneMEL · 08:35 CairnsCNS · 11:05

VA1293 by Virgin Australia flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Cairns (CNS) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowExpected in Cairns · today
11:05

arrival expected at CNS · on schedule

⚖ VA1293 typically leaves +16 and lands +0. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~16 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
10-29
+10 gate
10-28
−5 gate
10-27
+5 gate
10-26
+33 gate
10-25
+16 gate
10-24
+0 gate · +0 arrival
10-23
+28 gate · +14 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneModerate riskMEL delay board →
CNSCairnsModerate riskCNS delay board →
MEL→CNSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MEL and CNS are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Melbourne to Cairns with Virgin Australia · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%2.1× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.5%0.9× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

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 Melbourne to Cairns flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA1291departs 06:05
VA1297departs 16:35

If VA1293 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Melbourne to Cairns on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How VA1293 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA1293 across the MEL and CNS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 7/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA1293 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
10-29MEL 08:35 08:45 (+10)CNS 11:05
10-28MEL 08:35 08:30 (−5)CNS 11:05
10-27MEL 08:35 08:40 (+5)CNS 11:05
10-26MEL 08:35 09:08 (+33)CNS 11:05
10-25MEL 08:35 08:51 (+16)CNS 11:05
10-24MEL 08:35 (+0)CNS 11:00 (+0)
10-23MEL 08:35 09:03 (+28)CNS 11:00 11:14 (+14)
10-22MEL 08:35 08:53 (+18)CNS 11:00 10:44 (−16)
10-21MEL 08:35 08:50 (+15)CNS 11:00 (+0)
10-20MEL 08:35 08:52 (+17)CNS 11:00 10:52 (−8)
10-19MEL 08:35 09:36 (+61)CNS 11:00 11:45 (+45)
10-18MEL 08:35 08:57 (+22)CNS 11:00 11:02 (+2)
10-17MEL 08:35 08:51 (+16)CNS 11:00 10:59 (−1)
10-16MEL CNS 11:00 10:55 (−5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-IWX, VH-IXK, VH-YFY, VH-YFX.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and CNS published them.

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