VA349Virgin Australia · MEL → BNE
updated 4h ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA349 MelbourneMEL · 19:50 BrisbaneBNE · 21:00

VA349 by Virgin Australia flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Brisbane (BNE) for the Wed, Nov 4 departure.

Right nowEn route to Brisbane · off blocks 21:18 · 88 min late
En route

en route from MEL to BNE

En routeVA349 · position estimated
MELMelbourneBNEBrisbane
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 21:18 · typical taxi-out at MEL ≈ 11 min.

Typical gate push+35 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+23 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~12 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
11-04
+88 gate · +79 arrival
11-03
+88 gate · +79 arrival
10-30
+3 gate · −5 arrival
10-29
+37 gate · +23 arrival
10-25
+35 gate · +46 arrival
10-23
+22 gate · +6 arrival
10-22
+10 gate · −10 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 +23 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
MEL→BNEevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.7%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MEL and BNE 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 at Melbourne

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 16°C to 19°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 10°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Brisbane

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High32°Clikely 30°C to 34°C
Low19°Clikely 18°C to 21°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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 Brisbane flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA303departs 06:00
VA301departs 06:05
VA307departs 06:40
VA9905departs 07:09
VA309departs 07:10
VA313departs 08:10

If VA349 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Melbourne to Brisbane 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 VA349 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA349 across the MEL and BNE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~23 min late. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 3/7 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 VA349 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
11-04MEL 19:50 21:18 (+88)BNE 21:00 22:19 (+79)
11-03MEL 19:50 21:18 (+88)BNE 21:00 22:19 (+79)
10-30MEL 19:50 19:53 (+3)BNE 21:00 20:55 (−5)
10-29MEL 19:50 20:27 (+37)BNE 21:00 21:23 (+23)
10-25MEL 19:50 20:25 (+35)BNE 21:00 21:46 (+46)
10-23MEL 19:50 20:12 (+22)BNE 21:00 21:06 (+6)
10-22MEL 19:50 20:00 (+10)BNE 21:00 20:50 (−10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YIG, VH-VUL, VH-YFE, VH-YWE.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and BNE published them.

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