VA163Virgin Australia · SYD → ZQN
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA163 SydneySYD · 08:30 QueenstownZQN · 13:30

VA163 by Virgin Australia flies from Sydney (SYD) to Queenstown (ZQN).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
08:30

scheduled from SYD

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 8 operations

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+45 gate · +31 arrival
10-24
+45 gate · +31 arrival
10-23
+0 gate · +0 arrival
10-22
+10 gate · +20 arrival
10-21
+0 gate · −5 arrival
10-20
+0 gate · +0 arrival
10-19
+0 gate · −8 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival +0 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyHigh riskSYD delay board →
ZQNQueenstownOn-time likelyZQN delay board →
SYD→ZQNevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
6.9%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SYD and ZQN are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Sydney to Queenstown with Virgin Australia · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%4.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.7%1.1× usual

Forecast weather: 72% chance of rain at Sydney; 80% chance of rain at Queenstown

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 1 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Sydney to Queenstown flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA161departs 09:15

If VA163 is cancelled, this is the other Virgin Australia nonstop flight from Sydney to Queenstown on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SYD local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How VA163 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA163 across the SYD and ZQN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 5/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA163 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-31SYD 08:30 09:15 (+45)ZQN 13:30 14:01 (+31)
10-24SYD 08:30 09:15 (+45)ZQN 13:30 14:01 (+31)
10-23SYD 08:30 (+0)ZQN 13:30 (+0)
10-22SYD 08:30 08:40 (+10)ZQN 13:30 13:50 (+20)
10-21SYD 08:30 (+0)ZQN 13:30 13:25 (−5)
10-20SYD 08:30 (+0)ZQN 13:30 (+0)
10-19SYD 08:30 (+0)ZQN 13:30 13:22 (−8)
10-18SYD 08:30 08:25 (−5)ZQN 13:30 13:25 (−5)
10-17SYD 08:30 (+0)ZQN

Board clocks recorded as SYD and ZQN published them.

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