VA508Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · OOL → SYD
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA508 Gold CoastOOL · 08:20 SydneySYD · 10:50

VA508 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Gold Coast (OOL) to Sydney (SYD) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowEn route to Sydney · off blocks 08:50 · 30 min late
En route

en route from OOL to SYD

En routeVA508 · position estimated
OOLGold CoastSYDSydney
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 08:50.

Typical gate push+22 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+7 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~15 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-22
+30 gate · +9 arrival
10-21
+6 gate · −16 arrival
10-20
+13 gate · −7 arrival
10-19
+22 gate · +11 arrival
10-18
+5 gate · −15 arrival
10-17
+29 gate · +7 arrival
10-16
+23 gate

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 +7 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
OOLGold CoastModerate riskOOL delay board →
SYDSydneyModerate riskSYD delay board →
OOL→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.5%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by SYD (Sydney), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Gold Coast to Sydney flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA500departs 06:00
VA504departs 07:20
VA9526departs 07:55
VA512departs 09:20
VA516departs 10:20
VA518departs 11:20

If VA508 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Gold Coast to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in OOL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA508 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA508 across the OOL and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA508 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
10-22OOL 08:20 08:50 (+30)SYD 10:50 10:59 (+9)
10-21OOL 08:20 08:26 (+6)SYD 10:50 10:34 (−16)
10-20OOL 08:20 08:33 (+13)SYD 10:50 10:43 (−7)
10-19OOL 08:20 08:42 (+22)SYD 10:50 11:01 (+11)
10-18OOL 08:20 08:25 (+5)SYD 10:50 10:35 (−15)
10-17OOL 08:20 08:49 (+29)SYD 10:50 10:57 (+7)
10-16OOL 08:20 08:43 (+23)SYD

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YIL, VH-8IH, VH-8IA, VH-YIJ.

Board clocks recorded as OOL and SYD published them.

Planning around VA508? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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