VA8Virgin Australia · DOH → MEL
updated 1h ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA8 DohaDOH · 01:50 MelbourneMEL · 23:20

VA8 by Virgin Australia flies from Doha (DOH) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Sat, Nov 7 departure.

Right nowEn route to Melbourne · off blocks 01:51 · 1 min late
En route

en route from DOH to MEL

En routeVA8 · position estimated
DOHDohaMELMelbourne
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 01:51 · typical taxi-out at DOH ≈ 7 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ VA8 typically leaves +9 and lands −25. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−25 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~34 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-07
+1 gate · −58 arrival
11-06
+47 gate · −1 arrival
11-05
+8 gate · −16 arrival
11-04
+4 gate · −23 arrival
11-03
+12 gate · −32 arrival
11-02
+35 gate · +22 arrival
11-01
+9 gate · −50 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 −25 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DOHDohaOn-time likelyDOH delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
DOH→MELevery 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
2.9%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DOH 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 Doha

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High35°Clikely 34°C to 36°C
Low28°Clikely 26°C to 29°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

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High16°Clikely 14°C to 17°C
Low6°Clikely 4°C to 8°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
061422
M
T
W
T
F
S
S

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

How VA8 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA8 across the DOH and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 11/13 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 VA8 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
11-07DOH 01:50 01:51 (+1)MEL 23:20 22:22 (−58)
11-06DOH 01:50 02:37 (+47)MEL 23:20 23:19 (−1)
11-05DOH 01:50 01:58 (+8)MEL 23:20 23:04 (−16)
11-04DOH 01:50 01:54 (+4)MEL 23:20 22:57 (−23)
11-03DOH 01:50 02:02 (+12)MEL 23:20 22:48 (−32)
11-02DOH 01:50 02:25 (+35)MEL 23:20 23:42 (+22)
11-01DOH 01:50 01:59 (+9)MEL 23:20 22:30 (−50)
10-31DOH 01:50 01:51 (+1)MEL 23:20 22:22 (−58)
10-30DOH 01:50 01:59 (+9)MEL 23:20 22:40 (−40)
10-29DOH 01:50 01:54 (+4)MEL 23:20 22:55 (−25)
10-28DOH 01:50 02:01 (+11)MEL 23:20 23:15 (−5)
10-27DOH 01:50 01:58 (+8)MEL 23:20 22:57 (−23)
10-26DOH 01:50 02:03 (+13)MEL 23:20 22:54 (−26)
10-25DOH 01:50 02:00 (+10)MEL

Aircraft

Recent tails: A7-BEV, A7-BEX, A7-BET, A7-BEG.

Board clocks recorded as DOH and MEL published them.

Planning around VA8? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

Cite this data

Journalists, bloggers, and researchers may cite this page with attribution and a link to Pro Flight Search.

Suggested citation

Pro Flight Search: VA8 Doha to Melbourne on-time performance, measured from the DOH and MEL airport boards.

Canonical URL
https://proflightsearch.com/flight/VA8
How we measure this →