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

VA697 Virgin Australia - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about Virgin Australia flight VA697, which currently operates between the airports of Melbourne - Melbourne Tullamarine Airport (Airport Code MEL) and Perth - Perth Airport (Airport Code PER).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Saturday, January 18, 2025.

VA697 On Time performance:
62
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

VA697 Virgin Australia to Perth

Airline information

Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia

Departure

Melbourne (MEL)
January 17, 2025
Melbourne Tullamarine Airport

Arrival

Perth (PER)
January 17, 2025
Perth Airport
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Codeshare Flights

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

- EY6810 - Etihad Airways

- QR7197 - Qatar Airways

- SQ6960 - Singapore Airlines

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight VA697?
The flight VA697 is scheduled to flight on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday on a weekly basis.

Which is the distance of flight VA697?
The distance between the two airports is 2702 kilometers.

Which is the flight time of flight VA697?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 04:15 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 04:09 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: 2025-01-19 00:18:48
Current Time in Perth: 2025-01-18 21:18:48

Alternative Flights

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

Jetstar
- Flight Number: JQ970. (On Time performance: 67 - Average Delay: 16 minutes)
- Flight Number: JQ972. (On Time performance: 77 - Average Delay: 8 minutes)
- Flight Number: JQ974. (On Time performance: 60 - Average Delay: 21 minutes)

Qantas
- Flight Number: QF767. (On Time performance: 83 - Average Delay: 9 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF769. (On Time performance: 66 - Average Delay: 25 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF771. (On Time performance: 70 - Average Delay: 16 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF773. (On Time performance: 72 - Average Delay: 11 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF775. (On Time performance: 62 - Average Delay: 21 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF777. (On Time performance: 62 - Average Delay: 22 minutes)
- Flight Number: QF781. (On Time performance: 59 - Average Delay: 19 minutes)

Virgin Australia
- Flight Number: VA675. (On Time performance: 95 - Average Delay: 2 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA677. (On Time performance: 84 - Average Delay: 13 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA679. (On Time performance: 57 - Average Delay: 16 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA685. (On Time performance: 74 - Average Delay: 13 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA687. (On Time performance: 74 - Average Delay: 10 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA689. (On Time performance: 62 - Average Delay: 15 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA691. (On Time performance: 56 - Average Delay: 21 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA693. (On Time performance: 48 - Average Delay: 23 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA695. (On Time performance: 52 - Average Delay: 28 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 October 16, 2024 to January 15, 2025, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 76
On Time: 47 ( 62 % )
Moderate Delay: 11 ( 14 % )
Significant Delay: 6 ( 8 % )
Major Delay: 10 ( 13 % )
Canceled: 2 ( 3 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 21 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Weekday: We have gathered available data from last six months, spanning from July 16, 2024 to January 15, 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.

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

Delays analyzed by Month: We have gathered available data from last twelve closed months, spanning from January 02, 2024 to December 30, 2024. Next, you can observe the results broken down by month: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per month, and average delay per month.

Last Past Flights VA697

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Friday
17 January
20:45
Melbourne (MEL)
21:35
Perth (PER)
03h 50min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Thursday
16 January
21:24
Melbourne (MEL)
22:30
Perth (PER)
04h 06min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Wednesday
15 January
20:45
Melbourne (MEL)
22:00
Perth (PER)
04h 15min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Canceled
Tuesday
14 January
20:45
Melbourne (MEL)
21:52
Perth (PER)
04h 07min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Monday
13 January
20:44
Melbourne (MEL)
22:02
Perth (PER)
04h 18min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Sunday
12 January
21:45
Melbourne (MEL)
22:47
Perth (PER)
04h 02min
Boeing 737-700
Boeing 737-700
Landed - Delayed
Friday
10 January
21:41
Melbourne (MEL)
22:37
Perth (PER)
03h 56min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Thursday
09 January
20:46
Melbourne (MEL)
22:02
Perth (PER)
04h 16min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Wednesday
08 January
20:53
Melbourne (MEL)
22:02
Perth (PER)
04h 09min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
07 January
20:50
Melbourne (MEL)
22:01
Perth (PER)
04h 11min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time