VA689Virgin Australia · MEL → PER
live · 3h ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA689 MelbourneMEL · 13:30 PerthPER · 14:45

VA689 by Virgin Australia flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Perth (PER) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowLanded in Perth · today
15:11

arrived at PER · 26 min late

Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+9 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~7 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 16tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+64 gate · +26 arrival
10-29
+64 gate · +26 arrival
10-28
+27 gate · −24 arrival
10-27
+3 gate
10-26
+51 gate · +9 arrival
10-25
+30 gate · +2 arrival
10-24
+8 gate

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 +9 min · 0 cancelled · 16 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneModerate riskMEL delay board →
PERPerthOn-time likelyPER delay board →
MEL→PERevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
61%Chance of 15+ min delay
6.0%Chance of cancellation
+32 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MEL (Melbourne), currently flying IFR (instrument). 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 Perth with Virgin Australia · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: elevated
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.4%2.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.2%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 75% chance of rain at Melbourne; 90% chance of rain at Perth

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 7 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 Perth flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA679departs 06:00
VA675departs 06:15
VA683departs 06:20
VA677departs 07:15
VA681departs 09:15
VA9005departs 09:15

If VA689 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Melbourne to Perth 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 VA689 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA689 across the MEL and PER boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 3/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA689 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
10-30MEL 13:30 14:34 (+64)PER 14:45 15:11 (+26)
10-29MEL 13:30 14:34 (+64)PER 14:45 15:11 (+26)
10-28MEL 13:30 13:57 (+27)PER 14:45 14:21 (−24)
10-27MEL 13:30 13:33 (+3)PER 14:45
10-26MEL 13:30 14:21 (+51)PER 14:45 14:54 (+9)
10-25MEL 13:30 14:00 (+30)PER 14:45 14:47 (+2)
10-24MEL 13:15 13:23 (+8)PER 14:40
10-23MEL 13:15 13:54 (+39)PER 14:40 14:53 (+13)
10-22MEL 13:15 13:34 (+19)PER 14:40
10-21MEL 13:15 13:19 (+4)PER 14:40
10-20MEL 13:15 13:26 (+11)PER 14:40
10-19MEL 13:15 13:26 (+11)PER 14:40
10-18MEL 13:15 13:27 (+12)PER 14:40
10-17MEL 13:15 13:24 (+9)PER 14:40
10-16MEL 13:15 13:33 (+18)PER 14:40 14:14 (−26)
10-15MEL 13:15 13:29 (+14)PER

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8VH, VH-8VJ, VH-YFK, VH-8IK.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and PER published them.

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