VA728Virgin Australia · OOL → MEL
updated 1h ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA728 Gold CoastOOL · 08:20 MelbourneMEL · 11:40

VA728 by Virgin Australia flies from Gold Coast (OOL) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowLanded in Melbourne · position data
11:44

arrived at MEL · 4 min late

⚖ VA728 typically leaves +20 and lands +4. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+4 minmedian over 15 operations
Wins back in air~16 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
11-06
+14 gate · −7 arrival
11-05
+8 gate · −3 arrival
11-04
+8 gate · −1 arrival
11-03
+29 gate · +12 arrival
11-02
+15 gate · +5 arrival
11-01
+4 gate · −5 arrival
10-31
+22 gate · +28 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
OOLGold CoastOn-time likelyOOL delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
OOL→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.4%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at OOL 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 at Gold Coast

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 26°C to 29°C
Low18°Clikely 16°C to 19°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 Melbourne

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High14°Clikely 12°C to 17°C
Low9°Clikely 6°C to 11°C
  • 81% chance of rain

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

Other Gold Coast to Melbourne flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA726departs 06:05
VA730departs 09:00
VA758departs 09:20
VA732departs 10:05
VA1237departs 10:20
VA734departs 11:30

If VA728 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Gold Coast to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in OOL 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 VA728 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA728 across the OOL and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min late. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 9/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA728 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
11-06OOL 08:20 08:34 (+14)MEL 11:40 11:33 (−7)
11-05OOL 08:20 08:28 (+8)MEL 11:40 11:37 (−3)
11-04OOL 08:20 08:28 (+8)MEL 11:40 11:39 (−1)
11-03OOL 08:20 08:49 (+29)MEL 11:40 11:52 (+12)
11-02OOL 08:20 08:35 (+15)MEL 11:40 11:45 (+5)
11-01OOL 08:20 08:24 (+4)MEL 11:40 11:35 (−5)
10-31OOL 08:20 08:42 (+22)MEL 11:40 12:08 (+28)
10-30OOL 08:20 08:41 (+21)MEL 11:40 11:52 (+12)
10-29OOL 08:20 08:56 (+36)MEL 11:40 12:13 (+33)
10-28OOL 08:20 08:31 (+11)MEL 11:40 11:38 (−2)
10-27OOL 08:20 08:40 (+20)MEL 11:40 11:44 (+4)
10-26OOL 08:20 09:12 (+52)MEL 11:40 12:13 (+33)
10-25OOL 08:20 08:39 (+19)MEL 11:40 11:34 (−6)
10-24OOL 08:20 08:40 (+20)MEL 11:45 11:49 (+4)
10-23OOL MEL 11:45 11:38 (−7)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8IB, VH-8II, VH-8IG, VH-8IF.

Board clocks recorded as OOL and MEL published them.

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