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Melbourne (MEL) departure delays

Name: Melbourne (MEL) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 921 sampled departures, 59.2% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 23.6 minutes. Sample window: Feb 17, 2026 to May 7, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 17:00–17:59, 50.7% late.
Best day of week: Tuesday, 48.2% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Jetstar Airways (JQ)	196	71.4%	31.9 min
Virgin Australia (VA)	235	62.1%	21.9 min
Qantas Airways (QF)	303	52.2%	18.3 min
rex. Regional Express (ZL)	34	41.2%	22.9 min

Routes from MEL

MEL to SYD — 192 flights per week
MEL to BNE — 86 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

59.2% of this MEL sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=MEL

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "MEL", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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