VA166Virgin Australia · ZQN → SYD
updated 18m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA166 QueenstownZQN · 12:30 SydneySYD · 13:50

VA166 by Virgin Australia flies from Queenstown (ZQN) to Sydney (SYD) for the Thu, Nov 12 departure.

Right nowLanded in Sydney · position data
13:54

landed at SYD · confirmed by live position

Wins back in air~35 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
ZQNQueenstownOn-time likelyZQN delay board →
SYDSydneyModerate riskSYD delay board →
ZQN→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.3%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at ZQN and SYD 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 at Queenstown

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High18°Clikely 16°C to 21°C
Low7°Clikely 4°C to 9°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Sydney

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High26°Clikely 24°C to 29°C
Low19°Clikely 18°C to 20°C
  • 74% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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 Queenstown to Sydney flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA164departs 14:25
VA162departs 15:05
VA9542departs 17:55

If VA166 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Queenstown to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ZQN 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 VA166 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA166 across the ZQN and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: left noticeably late (~30 min) but landed about 5 min early. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA166 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
11-12ZQN 12:30 13:00 (+30)SYD 13:50 13:45 (−5)

Board clocks recorded as ZQN and SYD published them.

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