FD229 is operated by ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE OF AUSTRALIA (SOUTH EASTERN SECTION) between West Sale Airport (YWSL) and Melbourne Essendon Airport (YMEN). The flight is most often flown by a BEECH Beech Super King Air 350. Typical block time is 1h 18m. SkyMeter has observed 60 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
60
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
1h 18m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
5/27/2025 → 8/18/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
26 / 2
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
3.3%
2 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

10
YWSL → YMEN
6
avg 48m · West Sale → Melbourne Essendon
YBDG → YMEN
4
avg 28m · Bendigo → Melbourne Essendon
YMEN → YWSL
4
avg 46m · Melbourne Essendon → West Sale
YMEN → YBDG
4
avg 2h 4m · Melbourne Essendon → Bendigo
YPOD → YMAV
2
avg 38m · Portland → Avalon
YMAY → YMEN
2
avg 43m · Albury → Melbourne Essendon
YMAV → YMEN
2
avg 16m · Avalon → Melbourne Essendon
YMEN → YPOD
2
avg 1h 42m · Melbourne Essendon → Portland
YMAV → YHML
2
avg 34m · Avalon → Hamilton
YMEN → YPAD
1
avg 3h 29m · Melbourne Essendon → Adelaide

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

2
B350 BEECH Beech Super King Air 350
86
BE20 BEECH Beech 200 Super King
10

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
2
Rejected TO
0
Stall warnings
0
Overspeeds
0
Runway excursion
0
Counts represent flights with at least one occurrence of each flag, not the total event count. See /incidents for individual events.

Recent flights

Newest 30 operations of FD229

30
VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/18/2026
34m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/18/2026
39m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/18/2026
11m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/17/2026
45m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/17/2026
1h 49m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/17/2026
24m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/17/2026
13m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/17/2026
52m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/17/2026
2h 17m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/14/2026
42m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/14/2026
46m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/14/2026
4h 3m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/13/2026
33m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/13/2026
2h 14m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/13/2026
21m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/12/2026
38m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/12/2026
39m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/12/2026
31m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/11/2026
1h 27m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/11/2026
37m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/11/2026
45m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/11/2026
3h 28m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/10/2026
33m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/10/2026
41m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/7/2026
28m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/7/2026
11m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/6/2026
50m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/6/2026
2h 19m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/6/2026
31m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/6/2026
12m
No alerts
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