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

VA1297 Virgin Australia - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about Virgin Australia flight VA1297, which currently operates between the airports of Melbourne - Melbourne Tullamarine Airport (Airport Code MEL) and Cairns - Cairns Airport (Airport Code CNS).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Tuesday, November 05, 2024.

VA1297 On Time performance:
85
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

VA1297 Virgin Australia to Cairns

This flight is not scheduled for November 22, 2024.

Airline information

Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia

Departure

Melbourne (MEL)
November 05, 2024
Melbourne Tullamarine Airport

Arrival

Cairns (CNS)
November 05, 2024
Cairns Airport
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Codeshare Flights

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

- EY6417 - Etihad Airways

- SQ6676 - Singapore Airlines

- UA7408 - United Airlines

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight VA1297?
The flight VA1297 is scheduled to flight on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday on a weekly basis.

Which is the distance of flight VA1297?
The distance between the two airports is 2315 kilometers.

Which is the flight time of flight VA1297?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 03:30 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 04:10 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: 2024-11-22 15:22:57
Current Time in Cairns: 2024-11-22 14:22:57

Alternative Flights

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

Jetstar
- Flight Number: JQ942. (On Time performance: 72 - Average Delay: 13 minutes)
- Flight Number: JQ944. (On Time performance: 74 - Average Delay: 12 minutes)
- Flight Number: JQ946. (On Time performance: 37 - Average Delay: 37 minutes)

Qantas
- Flight Number: QF702. (On Time performance: 80 - Average Delay: 6 minutes)

Virgin Australia
- Flight Number: VA1291. (On Time performance: 96 - Average Delay: 2 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA1293. (On Time performance: 73 - Average Delay: 9 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 September 12, 2024 to November 05, 2024, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 27
On Time: 23 ( 85 % )
Moderate Delay: 3 ( 11 % )
Significant Delay: 1 ( 4 % )
Major Delay: 0 ( 0 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 6 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Weekday: We have gathered available data from last six months, spanning from June 10, 2024 to November 05, 2024. 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 November 02, 2023 to October 31, 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 VA1297

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Tuesday
05 November
16:39
Melbourne (MEL)
18:51
Cairns (CNS)
03h 12min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Monday
04 November
17:05
Melbourne (MEL)
19:26
Cairns (CNS)
03h 21min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Friday
01 November
16:56
Melbourne (MEL)
19:24
Cairns (CNS)
03h 28min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Thursday
31 October
16:56
Melbourne (MEL)
19:08
Cairns (CNS)
03h 12min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time