VA306Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · BNE → MEL
live · 6m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA306 BrisbaneBNE · 06:05 MelbourneMEL · 09:30

VA306 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Brisbane (BNE) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Sat, Oct 24 departure.

Right nowDescending into Melbourne · off blocks 06:05 · on schedule
09:30

estimated arrival at MEL · local time · ~8 min from now

LivePosition · updated 6m ago
MEL22 mi · ~8 min leftBNE
5,900 ftAltitudedescending
305 mphSpeed265 kt
172°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 2h 0m

⚖ VA306 typically leaves +5 and lands −8. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-24
+0 gate
10-23
+10 gate · −2 arrival
10-22
+9 gate · −7 arrival
10-21
+0 gate · −8 arrival
10-20
+2 gate · −23 arrival
10-19
CANCELLED
10-17
+9 gate · −18 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 −8 min · 1 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
BNE→MELevery 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
7.3%Chance of cancellation
+19 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 →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Brisbane to Melbourne flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA9536departs 06:10
VA308departs 06:55
VA312departs 07:05
VA314departs 07:55
VA304departs 08:05
VA318departs 08:55

If VA306 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Brisbane to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA306 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA306 across the BNE and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 11/12 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA306 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
10-24BNE 06:05 (+0)MEL 09:30
10-23BNE 06:05 06:15 (+10)MEL 09:30 09:28 (−2)
10-22BNE 06:05 06:14 (+9)MEL 09:30 09:23 (−7)
10-21BNE 06:05 (+0)MEL 09:30 09:22 (−8)
10-20BNE 06:05 06:07 (+2)MEL 09:30 09:07 (−23)
10-19CANCELLED
10-17BNE 06:05 06:14 (+9)MEL 09:30 09:12 (−18)
10-16BNE 06:05 06:15 (+10)MEL 09:30 09:40 (+10)
10-15BNE 06:05 (+0)MEL 09:30 09:16 (−14)
10-14BNE 06:05 (+0)MEL 09:30 09:20 (−10)
10-13BNE 06:05 06:36 (+31)MEL 09:30 09:45 (+15)
10-12BNE 06:05 06:10 (+5)MEL 09:30 09:41 (+11)
10-10BNE 06:05 06:00 (−5)MEL 09:30 09:20 (−10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YFK, VH-YVA, VH-YFS, VH-YWE.

Board clocks recorded as BNE and MEL published them.

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