VA735Virgin Australia · MEL → OOL
updated 2h ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA735 MelbourneMEL · 10:10 Gold CoastOOL · 11:20

VA735 by Virgin Australia flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Gold Coast (OOL) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowExpected · gate 2 · as of 07:18
10:10

departs MEL · on schedule

⚖ VA735 typically leaves +18 and lands +8. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+18 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+8 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~10 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
+24 arrival
11-05
+19 gate · −13 arrival
11-04
+7 gate · −9 arrival
11-03
+48 gate · +19 arrival
11-02
+32 gate · +12 arrival
11-01
+17 gate · −5 arrival
10-31
+5 gate · +9 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 · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
OOLGold CoastOn-time likelyOOL delay board →
MEL→OOLevery 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
2.3%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MEL and OOL 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

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High13°Clikely 10°C to 17°C
Low8°Clikely 6°C to 11°C
  • 82% 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.

Tomorrow at Gold Coast

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 26°C to 29°C
Low18°Clikely 16°C to 20°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 Gold Coast flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA725departs 06:20
VA729departs 07:10
VA733departs 09:40
VA731departs 10:10
VA739departs 11:10
VA741departs 12:10

If VA735 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Melbourne to Gold Coast 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 VA735 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA735 across the MEL and OOL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~13 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 VA735 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
11-06MEL 10:10OOL 11:20 11:44 (+24)
11-05MEL 10:10 10:29 (+19)OOL 11:20 11:07 (−13)
11-04MEL 10:10 10:17 (+7)OOL 11:20 11:11 (−9)
11-03MEL 10:10 10:58 (+48)OOL 11:20 11:39 (+19)
11-02MEL 10:10 10:42 (+32)OOL 11:20 11:32 (+12)
11-01MEL 10:10 10:27 (+17)OOL 11:20 11:15 (−5)
10-31MEL 10:10 10:15 (+5)OOL 11:20 11:29 (+9)
10-30MEL 10:10 10:35 (+25)OOL 11:20 11:44 (+24)
10-29MEL 10:10 14:13 (+243)OOL 11:20 14:55 (+215)
10-28MEL 10:10 10:11 (+1)OOL 11:20 11:12 (−8)
10-27MEL 10:10 10:59 (+49)OOL 11:20 11:38 (+18)
10-26MEL 10:10 10:42 (+32)OOL 11:20 11:21 (+1)
10-25MEL 10:10 10:19 (+9)OOL 11:20 11:26 (+6)
10-24MEL 10:10 10:16 (+6)OOL 11:15 11:17 (+2)
10-23MEL 10:10 10:15 (+5)OOL

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8II, VH-YFJ, VH-8ID, VH-YFC.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and OOL published them.

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