VA638Virgin Australia · SYD → CBR
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA638 SydneySYD · 09:50 CanberraCBR · 10:50

VA638 by Virgin Australia flies from Sydney (SYD) to Canberra (CBR) for the Mon, Nov 9 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Canberra · off blocks 10:05 · 15 min late
11:05

estimated arrival at CBR · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeVA638 · position estimated
SYDSydneyCBRCanberra
Estimated from the boardsarr 11:05

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 10:05 · typical taxi-out at SYD ≈ 9.1 min.

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−1 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~1 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
11-09
+15 gate · +15 arrival
11-08
−5 gate · −16 arrival
11-07
+10 gate · −1 arrival
11-06
+0 gate · −17 arrival
11-05
+0 gate · +5 arrival
11-04
+15 gate · +20 arrival
11-03
+20 gate · +8 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 −1 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
CBRCanberraOn-time likelyCBR delay board →
SYD→CBRevery 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
3.7%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SYD and CBR 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 at Sydney

Forecast

Tue 10 Nov, local date

High24°Clikely 22°C to 26°C
Low13°Clikely 11°C to 14°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 Canberra

Forecast

Tue 10 Nov, local date

High24°Clikely 22°C to 26°C
Low4°Clikely 3°C to 7°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.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Sydney to Canberra flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA630departs 07:35
VA634departs 08:50
VA640departs 10:35
VA644departs 12:20
VA656departs 16:05
VA658departs 16:50

If VA638 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Sydney to Canberra 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 VA638 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA638 across the SYD and CBR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 7/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA638 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
11-09SYD 09:50 10:05 (+15)CBR 10:50 11:05 (+15)
11-08SYD 09:50 09:45 (−5)CBR 10:50 10:34 (−16)
11-07SYD 09:50 10:00 (+10)CBR 10:50 10:49 (−1)
11-06SYD 09:50 (+0)CBR 10:50 10:33 (−17)
11-05SYD 09:50 (+0)CBR 10:50 10:55 (+5)
11-04SYD 09:50 10:05 (+15)CBR 10:50 11:10 (+20)
11-03SYD 09:50 10:10 (+20)CBR 10:50 10:58 (+8)
11-02SYD 09:50 (+0)CBR 10:50 10:37 (−13)
11-01SYD 09:50 (+0)CBR 10:50 10:48 (−2)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VEJ, VH-VEZ, VH-VER, VH-VEA.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and CBR published them.

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