VA147Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · MEL → ZQN
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA147 MelbourneMEL · 11:35 QueenstownZQN · 16:45

VA147 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Queenstown (ZQN).

Right nowNext departure Friday Operates Mon Wed Fri Sun
11:35

scheduled from MEL

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~13 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
10-28
+5 gate · +0 arrival
10-23
+43 gate · +20 arrival
10-21
+5 gate · +0 arrival
10-19
+13 gate · +4 arrival
10-18
+38 gate · +0 arrival
10-16
+19 gate · +20 arrival
10-14
+6 gate · +0 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 · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
ZQNQueenstownOn-time likelyZQN delay board →
MEL→ZQNevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
50%Chance of 15+ min delay
9.6%Chance of cancellation
+20 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MEL (Melbourne), 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Melbourne to Queenstown with Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.3%1.1× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.8%1.0× usual

Forecast weather: 93% chance of rain at Queenstown

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Fewer than one departure a day on this route with this airline, so read it as a rough guide. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Melbourne to Queenstown flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA143departs 08:00

If VA147 is cancelled, this is the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flight from Melbourne to Queenstown on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA147 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA147 across the MEL and ZQN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 5/7 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA147 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
10-28MEL 11:35 11:40 (+5)ZQN 16:45 (+0)
10-23MEL 11:35 12:18 (+43)ZQN 16:45 17:05 (+20)
10-21MEL 11:35 11:40 (+5)ZQN 16:45 (+0)
10-19MEL 11:35 11:48 (+13)ZQN 16:45 16:49 (+4)
10-18MEL 11:35 12:13 (+38)ZQN 16:45 (+0)
10-16MEL 11:35 11:54 (+19)ZQN 16:45 17:05 (+20)
10-14MEL 11:35 11:41 (+6)ZQN 16:45 (+0)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8IL, VH-YIS, VH-YIO, VH-8II.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and ZQN published them.

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