FD229 is operated by ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE OF AUSTRALIA (SOUTH EASTERN SECTION) between Melbourne Essendon Airport (YMEN) and West Sale Airport (YWSL). The flight is most often flown by a BEECH Beech Super King Air 350. Typical block time is 1h 10m. SkyMeter has observed 71 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
71
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
1h 10m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
05/27/2025 → 06/19/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
27 / 2
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
4.2%
3 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

10
YMEN → YWSL
7
avg 42m · Melbourne Essendon → West Sale
YWSL → YMEN
6
avg 47m · West Sale → Melbourne Essendon
YMAV → YMEN
5
avg 21m · Avalon → Melbourne Essendon
YPOD → YMAV
4
avg 40m · Portland → Avalon
YHML → YMAV
3
avg 33m · Hamilton → Avalon
YMEN → YPOD
2
avg 1h 46m · Melbourne Essendon → Portland
YBDG → YMEN
2
avg 24m · Bendigo → Melbourne Essendon
YMEN → YWBL
2
avg 53m · Melbourne Essendon → Warrnambool
YMAV → YHML
2
avg 30m · Avalon → Hamilton
YSWG → YSBK
1
avg 53m · Wagga Wagga City → Sydney Bankstown

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

2
B350 BEECH Beech Super King Air 350
89
BE20 BEECH Beech 200 Super King
10

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
3
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-XYJBEECH Beech 200 Super King
→
06/19/2026
43m
No alerts
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VH-XYJBEECH Beech 200 Super King
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06/19/2026
39m
No alerts
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VH-XYJBEECH Beech 200 Super King
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06/19/2026
54m
No alerts
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VH-XYJBEECH Beech 200 Super King
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06/19/2026
3h 20m
No alerts
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VH-XYJBEECH Beech 200 Super King
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06/18/2026
41m
No alerts
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VH-XYJBEECH Beech 200 Super King
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06/18/2026
50m
No alerts
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VH-XYJBEECH Beech 200 Super King
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06/18/2026
53m
No alerts
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VH-XYJBEECH Beech 200 Super King
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06/17/2026
44m
No alerts
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VH-XYJBEECH Beech 200 Super King
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06/16/2026
40m
No alerts
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VH-XYJBEECH Beech 200 Super King
→
06/16/2026
40m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
→
06/09/2026
24m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/09/2026
24m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/09/2026
25m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/09/2026
25m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/09/2026
1h 46m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/09/2026
26m
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/09/2026
26m
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/08/2026
36m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/08/2026
2h 3m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/05/2026
31m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/05/2026
27m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/05/2026
22m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/05/2026
1h 28m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/05/2026
28m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/05/2026
32m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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06/05/2026
2h 10m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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05/29/2026
3h 10m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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05/28/2026
46m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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05/28/2026
46m
No alerts
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VH-NAJBEECH Beech Super King Air 350
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05/26/2026
23m
△ Low approach-stability score
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