VA559Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · SYD → PER
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA559 SydneySYD · 13:40 PerthPER · 15:55

VA559 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Sydney (SYD) to Perth (PER) for the Fri, Oct 23 departure.

Right nowEn route to Perth · off blocks 13:55 · 15 min late
En route

en route from SYD to PER

En routeVA559 · position estimated
SYDSydneyPERPerth
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 13:55 · typical taxi-out at SYD ≈ 9.1 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-23
+15 gate
10-20
+5 gate
10-19
+30 gate
10-16
+20 gate
10-13
+5 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

0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
PERPerthOn-time likelyPER delay board →
SYD→PERevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD and PER 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
061422
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T
W
T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Sydney to Perth flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA549departs 06:15
VA9909departs 06:15
VA551departs 07:15
VA9911departs 07:15
VA555departs 09:15
VA557departs 12:30

If VA559 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Sydney to Perth on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SYD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA559 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA559 across the SYD and PER boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~15 min late. Based on 5 confirmed departures · 3/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA559 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
10-23SYD 13:40 13:55 (+15)PER 15:55
10-20SYD 14:45 14:50 (+5)PER 17:00
10-19SYD 13:45 14:15 (+30)PER 16:00
10-16SYD 13:40 14:00 (+20)PER 15:55
10-13SYD 14:45 14:50 (+5)PER 17:00

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VOO, VH-IJQ, VH-YQO, VH-REX.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and PER published them.

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