VA9540Virgin Australia · ZQN → MEL
live · 33m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA9540 QueenstownZQN MelbourneMEL

VA9540 by Virgin Australia flies from Queenstown (ZQN) to Melbourne (MEL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
12:00

scheduled from ZQN

The route today

live boards
ZQNQueenstownModerate riskZQN delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
ZQN→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
50%Chance of 15+ min delay
9.6%Chance of cancellation
+20 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MEL (Melbourne), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). For this route and airline, 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

Queenstown to Melbourne with Virgin Australia · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: elevated
Chance a departure is cancelled
2.4%1.7× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.4%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 90% chance of rain at Queenstown

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Fewer than one departure a day on this route with this airline, so read it as a rough guide. · 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 Queenstown to Melbourne flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA146departs 14:05

If VA9540 is cancelled, this is the other Virgin Australia nonstop flight from Queenstown to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ZQN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA9540 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA9540 across the ZQN and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Combined risk score: 37.5/100. Based on airport operations, weather, and cached board history at ZQN and MEL.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA9540 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

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