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VA1465 Virgin Australia - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about Virgin Australia flight VA1465, which currently operates between the airports of Melbourne - Melbourne Tullamarine Airport (Airport Code MEL) and Darwin - Darwin International Airport (Airport Code DRW).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Friday, October 03, 2025.

VA1465 On Time performance:
71
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

VA1465 Virgin Australia to Darwin

This flight is not scheduled for October 22, 2025.

Airline information

Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia

Departure

Melbourne (MEL)
October 03, 2025
Melbourne Tullamarine Airport

Arrival

Darwin (DRW)
October 03, 2025
Darwin International Airport
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Codeshare Flights

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

- AI7171 - Air India

- QR7161 - Qatar Airways

- SQ6572 - Singapore Airlines

- UA7439 - United Airlines

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight VA1465?
The flight VA1465 is scheduled to flight on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday on a weekly basis.

Which is the distance of flight VA1465?
The distance between the two airports is 3134 kilometers.

Which is the flight time of flight VA1465?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 05:40 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 05:32 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 Melbourne: 2025-10-22 23:25:08
Current Time in Darwin: 2025-10-22 21:55:08

Alternative Flights

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

Jetstar
- Flight Number: JQ678. (On Time performance: 69 - Average Delay: 12 minutes)

Qantas
- Flight Number: QF836. (On Time performance: 75 - Average Delay: 14 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF838. (On Time performance: 95 - Average Delay: 2 minutes)

Virgin Australia
- Flight Number: VA1463. (On Time performance: 73 - Average Delay: 6 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA1467. (On Time performance: 100 - Average Delay: 2 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 July 20, 2025 to October 03, 2025, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 65
On Time: 46 ( 71 % )
Moderate Delay: 14 ( 22 % )
Significant Delay: 5 ( 8 % )
Major Delay: 0 ( 0 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 9 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Weekday: We have gathered available data from last six months, spanning from April 20, 2025 to October 03, 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 October 02, 2024 to September 30, 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 VA1465

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Friday
03 October
19:57
Melbourne (MEL)
23:45
Darwin (DRW)
05h 18min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Thursday
02 October
20:39
Melbourne (MEL)
00:41
Darwin (DRW)
05h 32min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Wednesday
01 October
19:55
Melbourne (MEL)
23:57
Darwin (DRW)
05h 32min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
30 September
19:46
Melbourne (MEL)
00:08
Darwin (DRW)
05h 52min
Boeing 737MAX
Boeing 737MAX
Landed - Delayed
Monday
29 September
19:51
Melbourne (MEL)
00:06
Darwin (DRW)
05h 45min
Boeing 737MAX
Boeing 737MAX
Landed - Delayed
Sunday
28 September
19:33
Melbourne (MEL)
23:46
Darwin (DRW)
05h 43min
Boeing 737MAX
Boeing 737MAX
Landed - On-time
Friday
26 September
19:49
Melbourne (MEL)
00:05
Darwin (DRW)
05h 46min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Thursday
25 September
20:28
Melbourne (MEL)
00:19
Darwin (DRW)
05h 21min
Boeing 737MAX
Boeing 737MAX
Landed - Delayed
Wednesday
24 September
19:37
Melbourne (MEL)
23:30
Darwin (DRW)
05h 23min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
23 September
19:34
Melbourne (MEL)
23:25
Darwin (DRW)
05h 21min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time