VA541Virgin Australia · SYD → OOL
live · 52m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA541 SydneySYD · 18:20 Gold CoastOOL · 18:40

VA541 by Virgin Australia flies from Sydney (SYD) to Gold Coast (OOL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
18:20

scheduled from SYD

Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+9 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~1 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+10 gate · +9 arrival
10-30
+10 gate · +9 arrival
10-29
+20 gate · +9 arrival
10-28
+15 gate · +9 arrival
10-27
+0 gate · +18 arrival
10-26
+26 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 +9 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
OOLGold CoastOn-time likelyOOL delay board →
SYD→OOLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SYD and OOL 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 Gold Coast with Virgin Australia · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: elevated
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.4%2.3× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.3%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 71% chance of rain at Sydney; 81% chance of rain at Gold Coast

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 10 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 Gold Coast flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA9523departs 07:00
VA505departs 07:10
VA509departs 08:20
VA511departs 09:20
VA513departs 10:20
VA515departs 10:20

If VA541 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Sydney to Gold Coast 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 VA541 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA541 across the SYD and OOL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~13 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 4/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA541 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
10-31SYD 18:20 18:30 (+10)OOL 18:40 18:49 (+9)
10-30SYD 18:20 18:30 (+10)OOL 18:40 18:49 (+9)
10-29SYD 18:20 18:40 (+20)OOL 18:40 18:49 (+9)
10-28SYD 18:20 18:35 (+15)OOL 18:40 18:49 (+9)
10-27SYD 18:20 (+0)OOL 18:40 18:58 (+18)
10-26SYD OOL 18:40 19:06 (+26)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YFX, VH-YIM, VH-YFW, VH-YID.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and OOL published them.

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