VA528Virgin Australia · OOL → SYD
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA528 Gold CoastOOL · 14:50 SydneySYD · 17:20

VA528 by Virgin Australia flies from Gold Coast (OOL) to Sydney (SYD) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowEn route to Sydney · off blocks 16:22 · 92 min late
17:20

estimated arrival at SYD · local time · ~12h 47m from now

En routeVA528 · position estimated
OOLGold CoastSYDSydney
Estimated from the boardsarr 17:20

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 16:22.

Typical gate push+31 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+20 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~11 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+31+61+92 min
11-06
+92 gate
11-05
+91 gate · +79 arrival
11-04
+16 gate · +7 arrival
11-02
+0 gate · −8 arrival
11-01
+31 gate · +33 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 +20 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
OOLGold CoastOn-time likelyOOL 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
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.7%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by SYD (Sydney), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Gold Coast

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 25°C to 29°C
Low18°Clikely 15°C to 20°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

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 24°C to 30°C
Low15°Clikely 13°C to 17°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
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
VA500departs 06:00
VA504departs 07:20
VA9526departs 07:55
VA508departs 08:20
VA512departs 09:20
VA516departs 10:20

If VA528 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Gold Coast to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in OOL 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 VA528 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA528 across the OOL and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~20 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 2/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA528 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
11-06OOL 14:50 16:22 (+92)SYD 17:20
11-05OOL 14:50 16:21 (+91)SYD 17:20 18:39 (+79)
11-04OOL 14:50 15:06 (+16)SYD 17:20 17:27 (+7)
11-02OOL 14:50 (+0)SYD 17:20 17:12 (−8)
11-01OOL 14:50 15:21 (+31)SYD 17:20 17:53 (+33)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VOL, VH-8ID, VH-YIE, VH-YFW.

Board clocks recorded as OOL and SYD published them.

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