VA690Virgin Australia · PER → MEL
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA690 PerthPER · 11:20 MelbourneMEL · 17:55

VA690 by Virgin Australia flies from Perth (PER) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowLanded in Melbourne · today
18:15

arrived at MEL · 20 min late

⚖ VA690 typically leaves +24 and lands +4. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+24 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+4 minmedian over 15 operations
Wins back in air~20 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+40 gate · +20 arrival
10-30
+20 arrival
10-29
+24 gate · +4 arrival
10-28
+28 arrival
10-27
+15 gate · −8 arrival
10-26
−9 arrival
10-25
+16 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 +4 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PERPerthOn-time likelyPER delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
PER→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at PER and MEL 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 on this route

Forecast

Perth to Melbourne with Virgin Australia · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: elevated
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.0%1.4× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.9%0.9× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 5 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Perth to Melbourne flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA598departs 05:00
VA676departs 05:30
VA678departs 06:00
VA680departs 06:45
VA682departs 07:30
VA684departs 08:20

If VA690 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Perth to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PER 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 VA690 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA690 across the PER and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min late. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 9/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA690 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
10-31PER 11:20 12:00 (+40)MEL 17:55 18:15 (+20)
10-30PER 11:20MEL 17:55 18:15 (+20)
10-29PER 11:20 11:44 (+24)MEL 17:55 17:59 (+4)
10-28PER 11:20MEL 17:55 18:23 (+28)
10-27PER 11:20 11:35 (+15)MEL 17:55 17:47 (−8)
10-26PER 11:20MEL 17:55 17:46 (−9)
10-25PER 11:20 11:36 (+16)MEL 17:55 17:45 (−10)
10-24PER 11:20 12:00 (+40)MEL 17:55 18:04 (+9)
10-23PER 11:20 11:27 (+7)MEL 17:55 17:34 (−21)
10-22PER 11:20MEL 17:55 18:14 (+19)
10-21PER 11:20 11:46 (+26)MEL 17:55 18:05 (+10)
10-20PER 11:20MEL 17:55 17:51 (−4)
10-19PER 11:20 12:02 (+42)MEL 17:55 18:14 (+19)
10-18PER 11:20 11:42 (+22)MEL 17:55 17:52 (−3)
10-17PER 11:20MEL 17:55 17:54 (−1)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YIU, VH-8IC, VH-YIE, VH-8VB.

Board clocks recorded as PER and MEL published them.

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