VA1438Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · DRW → PER
live · 37m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA1438 DarwinDRW · 17:35 PerthPER · 20:05

VA1438 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Darwin (DRW) to Perth (PER) for the Fri, Oct 16 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate 7 · as of 13:37
17:35

departs DRW · on schedule

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+4 minmedian over 1 operations
Wins back in air~9 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
DRWDarwinOn-time likelyDRW delay board →
PERPerthOn-time likelyPER delay board →
DRW→PERevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DRW and PER are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 Darwin to Perth flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA1434departs 12:30

If VA1438 is cancelled, this is the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flight from Darwin to Perth on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DRW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA1438 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA1438 across the DRW and PER boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +6 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA1438 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
10-14DRW 17:35 17:48 (+13)PER 20:05 20:09 (+4)
10-12DRW 17:35 17:32 (−3)PER

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8VF.

Board clocks recorded as DRW and PER published them.

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