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 27m. SkyMeter has observed 61 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
61
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
1h 27m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
5/27/2025 → 8/31/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
26 / 2
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
1.6%
1 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

10
YWSL → YMEN
5
avg 52m · West Sale → Melbourne Essendon
YMAY → YMEN
4
avg 47m · Albury → Melbourne Essendon
YBDG → YMEN
4
avg 28m · Bendigo → Melbourne Essendon
YMEN → YBDG
4
avg 2h 4m · Melbourne Essendon → Bendigo
YMEN → YMAY
3
avg 54m · Melbourne Essendon → Albury
YMEN → YWSL
3
avg 52m · Melbourne Essendon → West Sale
YPAD → YMEN
2
avg 2h 0m · Adelaide → Melbourne Essendon
YHML → YMEN
1
avg 38m · Hamilton → Melbourne Essendon
YSWG → YSBK
1
avg 53m · Wagga Wagga City → Sydney Bankstown
YPOD → YMAV
1
avg 38m · Portland → Avalon

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

2
B350 BEECH Beech Super King Air 350
91
BE20 BEECH Beech 200 Super King
10

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
1
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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8/31/2026
48m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/31/2026
47m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/31/2026
58m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/27/2026
37m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/27/2026
4h 3m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/27/2026
45m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/25/2026
27m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/25/2026
51m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/25/2026
4h 56m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/24/2026
56m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/24/2026
54m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/21/2026
50m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/20/2026
3h 18m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/20/2026
47m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/20/2026
37m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/20/2026
2h 33m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/20/2026
42m
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/20/2026
37m
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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
No alerts
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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
No alerts
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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
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/14/2026
46m
No alerts
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VH-MQKBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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8/14/2026
4h 3m
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