Informational Guide to Melbourne Tullamarine Airport (MEL) - Non Official

VA146 Virgin Australia - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about Virgin Australia flight VA146, which currently operates between the airports of Queenstown - Queenstown Airport (Airport Code ZQN) and Melbourne - Melbourne Tullamarine Airport (Airport Code MEL).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Sunday, March 16, 2025.

VA146 On Time performance:
88
We have calculated the percentage of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, or earlier, based on real flight data from the last 3 months. More about punctuality and delays

Flight Status

VA146 Virgin Australia from Queenstown

Scheduled
Flight Status for Sunday March 16, 2025
This flight is also scheduled for Tomorrow (March 17, 2025). See it here

Airline information

Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia
Equipment: Boeing 737-800 (winglets) Passenger/BBJ2

Departure

Queenstown (ZQN)
March 16, 2025
Queenstown Airport
Scheduled Departure Time:
14:00
Terminal:
-
Gate:
-
Scheduled Departure Time: 14:00

Arrival

Melbourne (MEL)
March 16, 2025
Melbourne Tullamarine Airport
Scheduled Arrival Time:
15:35
Terminal:
2
Gate:
9B
Scheduled Arrival Time: 15:35
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Codeshare Flights

This flight is shared with other airlines, this means that these other flights are the same:

- EY6498 - Etihad Airways

- QR6378 - Qatar Airways

- SQ6385 - Singapore Airlines

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight VA146?
The flight VA146 is scheduled to flight on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday on a weekly basis.

Which is the distance of flight VA146?
The distance between the two airports is 2146 kilometers.

Which is the flight time of flight VA146?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 03:35 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 03:28 hours.

Are the departure airport and arrival airport at the same Time Zone?
No, each airport is in a different timezone. The times shown above, are presented in the local time of each respective airport.
Current Time in Queenstown: 2025-03-16 10:13:00
Current Time in Melbourne: 2025-03-16 08:13:00

Alternative Flights

The following airlines serves the same route between Queenstown and Melbourne:

Jetstar
- Flight Number: JQ220. (On Time performance: 80 - Average Delay: 6 minutes)

Air New Zealand
- Flight Number: NZ265. (On Time performance: 73 - Average Delay: 9 minutes)

Qantas
- Flight Number: QF178. (On Time performance: 85 - Average Delay: 13 minutes)

Punctuality and delays

We have gathered data from recent months and present below an analysis of how timely the flights have been.

In terms of On-Time Performance, by analyzing the flight data from the last three months, spanning from December 15, 2024 to March 12, 2025, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 69
On Time: 61 ( 88 % )
Moderate Delay: 4 ( 6 % )
Significant Delay: 3 ( 4 % )
Major Delay: 1 ( 1 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 7 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Weekday: We have gathered available data from last six months, spanning from October 27, 2024 to March 12, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by day of the week: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per day, and average delay per day.

Delays analyzed by Month: We have gathered available data from last twelve closed months, spanning from March 03, 2024 to February 28, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by month: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per month, and average delay per month.

Note: We have excluded some months from the graph, since the quantity and quality of the data is not representative enough.

Last Past Flights VA146

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Friday
14 March
14:19
Queenstown (ZQN)
15:46
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 27min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Wednesday
12 March
14:05
Queenstown (ZQN)
15:37
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 32min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Monday
10 March
13:59
Queenstown (ZQN)
15:32
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 33min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Sunday
09 March
13:56
Queenstown (ZQN)
15:06
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 10min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Friday
07 March
14:10
Queenstown (ZQN)
15:14
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 04min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Wednesday
05 March
14:25
Queenstown (ZQN)
15:48
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 23min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Monday
03 March
14:14
Queenstown (ZQN)
15:35
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 21min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Sunday
02 March
14:21
Queenstown (ZQN)
16:05
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 44min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Friday
28 February
13:55
Queenstown (ZQN)
15:34
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 39min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Wednesday
26 February
14:32
Queenstown (ZQN)
15:56
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 24min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed