FD231

Flight

Status

Completed

Departure

Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB) — Melbourne, Australia

Est. departure time

2026-08-13 05:58 UTC (approx.)

Arrival

Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB) — Melbourne, Australia

Distance flown

716 km

Approach distance

79 km

Aircraft

Registration

VH-MQK

Type

Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air

Altitude & speed

Max altitude

16,000 ft

Max ground speed

303 kt

Tracked

3h 59m · 613 km

Altitude (ft, max 16,000)

Ground speed (kt, max 303)

Altitude (ft, max 16,000)

Ground speed (kt, max 303)

From the ADS-B positions we received; time since the first fix. A dashed stretch is a gap in reception, bridged by a straight line.

Route map

Airline

Thai Air Asia (AIQ)

Latest flights

Departed	Flight	Route	Reg	Aircraft	Status	Distance
2026-10-02 10:36 UTC	AIQ231	TPE → DMK Taipei → Bangkok	HS-EAB	Airbus A321 Neo	Completed	2604 km
2026-10-02 08:07 UTC	AIQ231	OKA → TPE Naha → Taipei	HS-EAB	Airbus A321 Neo	Completed	803 km
2026-10-01 10:43 UTC	AIQ231	TPE → DMK Taipei → Bangkok	HS-EAD	Airbus A321 Neo	Completed	2680 km
2026-10-01 08:57 UTC	FD231	DBO → BWU Dubbo → Sydney	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed	349 km
2026-10-01 08:12 UTC	FD231	OAG → DBO Orange → Dubbo	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed (landing presumed)	135 km
2026-10-01 07:47 UTC	AIQ231	OKA → TPE Naha → Taipei	HS-EAD	Airbus A321 Neo	Completed (landing confirmed by airport data)	~708 km est. (98 km recorded)
2026-10-01 06:20 UTC	FD231	BWU → ? Sydney → ?	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Incomplete (signal lost)	163 km
2026-09-30 10:47 UTC	AIQ231	TPE → DMK Taipei → Bangkok	HS-EAC	Airbus A321 Neo	Completed	2632 km
2026-09-30 08:51 UTC	FD231	WGA → BWU Wagga Wagga → Sydney	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed	374 km
2026-09-30 08:28 UTC	AIQ231	TPE → TPE Taipei → Taipei	HS-EAC	Airbus A321 Neo	Completed	398 km
2026-09-30 08:20 UTC	AIQ231	OKA → TPE Naha → Taipei	HS-EAC	Airbus A321 Neo	Completed (landing confirmed by airport data)	~707 km est. (93 km recorded)
2026-09-30 06:52 UTC	FD231	OAG → WGA Orange → Wagga Wagga	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed (landing presumed)	259 km
2026-09-30 05:57 UTC	FD231	BWU → ? Sydney → ?	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Incomplete (signal lost)	154 km
2026-09-30 04:01 UTC	FD231	OAG → BWU Orange → Sydney	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed (landing presumed)	222 km
2026-09-30 02:30 UTC	FD231	BWU → ? Sydney → ?	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Incomplete (signal lost)	150 km
2026-09-24 23:02 UTC	FD231	BHQ → MEB Broken Hill → Melbourne	VH-XYJ	BEECHCRAFT 200 Super King Air	Completed	736 km
2026-09-24 05:23 UTC	FD231	LST → BHQ Launceston → Broken Hill	VH-RFD	BEECHCRAFT 200 Super King Air	Completed	1188 km
2026-09-24 00:56 UTC	FD231	? → LST ? → Launceston	VH-LTQ	BEECHCRAFT 200 Super King Air	Completed	1036 km
2026-09-21 22:10 UTC	FD231	? → CRB	VH-VPQ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed (landing presumed)	236 km
2026-09-21 07:09 UTC	FD231	? → ?	VH-VPQ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Incomplete (signal lost)	251 km
2026-09-20 21:16 UTC	FD231	BWU → ? Sydney → ?	VH-VPQ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Incomplete (signal lost)	541 km
2026-09-18 08:55 UTC	FD231	MEB → BWU Melbourne → Sydney	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed	788 km
2026-09-18 06:06 UTC	FD231	BWU → MEB Sydney → Melbourne	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed (landing presumed)	768 km
2026-09-18 04:34 UTC	FD231	WGA → BWU Wagga Wagga → Sydney	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed (landing presumed)	409 km
2026-09-18 02:18 UTC	FD231	BWU → WGA Sydney → Wagga Wagga	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed	390 km
2026-09-15 05:04 UTC	FD231	OAG → BWU Orange → Sydney	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed	657 km
2026-09-15 03:14 UTC	FD231	BWU → ? Sydney → ?	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Incomplete (signal lost)	162 km
2026-09-10 15:05 UTC	FD231	ADL → ? Adelaide → ?	VH-XYO	BEECHCRAFT 200 Super King Air	Incomplete (signal lost)	366 km
2026-09-10 12:12 UTC	FD231	? → ADL ? → Adelaide	VH-XYO	BEECHCRAFT 200 Super King Air	Completed	228 km
2026-09-08 06:34 UTC	FD231	SYD → ? Sydney → ?	VH-XYO	BEECHCRAFT 200 Super King Air	Incomplete (signal lost)	385 km
2026-09-08 04:20 UTC	FD231	? → SYD ? → Sydney	VH-XYO	BEECHCRAFT 200 Super King Air	Completed	366 km
2026-09-04 08:15 UTC	FD231	? → ?	VH-MQD	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Incomplete (signal lost)	1095 km
2026-09-01 04:53 UTC	FD231	CBR → BWU Canberra → Sydney	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed	452 km
2026-09-01 03:35 UTC	FD231	BWU → CBR Sydney → Canberra	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed	258 km
2026-08-31 02:20 UTC	FD231	BWU → BWU Sydney → Sydney	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed	534 km
2026-08-28 01:56 UTC	FD231	BWU → ? Sydney → ?	VH-MQD	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Incomplete (signal lost)	272 km
2026-08-27 02:24 UTC	FD231	BWU → BWU Sydney → Sydney	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed	431 km
2026-08-26 01:17 UTC	FD231	BWU → BWU Sydney → Sydney	VH-NAJ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed	806 km
2026-08-24 21:06 UTC	FD231	BWU → ? Sydney → ?	VH-VPQ	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Incomplete (signal lost)	296 km
2026-08-13 06:15 UTC	FD231	MEB → MEB Melbourne → Melbourne	VH-MQK	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed	716 km
2026-08-12 06:06 UTC	FD231	AVV → MEB Melbourne → Melbourne	VH-MQK	Beechcraft Beech 350 Super King Air	Completed	756 km