VA443Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · ADL → SYD
live · 4m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA443 AdelaideADL · 20:00 SydneySYD · 22:20

VA443 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Adelaide (ADL) to Sydney (SYD) for the Sun, Oct 18 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Sydney
22:20

estimated arrival at SYD · local time · ~50 min from now

LivePosition · updated 4m ago
ADL428 mi · ~50 min leftSYD
33,000 ftAltitudecruising
558 mphSpeed485 kt
89°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 38 min

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~9 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-16
+0 gate · −9 arrival
10-15
+0 gate · +10 arrival
10-14
+0 gate · −12 arrival

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

The route today

live boards
ADLAdelaideOn-time likelyADL delay board →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
ADL→SYDevery 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
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ADL and SYD are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, 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 →

When it flies

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

Other Adelaide to Sydney flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA401departs 06:00
VA407departs 07:30
VA413departs 09:30
VA417departs 11:30
VA419departs 12:25
VA425departs 14:30

If VA443 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Adelaide to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ADL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA443 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA443 across the ADL and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed -9 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA443 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-16ADL 20:00 (+0)SYD 22:20 22:11 (−9)
10-15ADL 20:00 (+0)SYD 22:20 22:30 (+10)
10-14ADL 20:00 (+0)SYD 22:20 22:08 (−12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YFR, VH-IWY, VH-IWX.

Board clocks recorded as ADL and SYD published them.

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