VA771Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · BNE → CNS
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA771 BrisbaneBNE · 06:10 CairnsCNS · 08:40

VA771 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Brisbane (BNE) to Cairns (CNS).

Right nowIn the air to Cairns
In flight

currently flying from BNE to CNS

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
CNS865 mi leftBNE
900 ftAltitudeclimbing
203 mphSpeed176 kt
207°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 2 min

⚖ VA771 typically leaves +8 and lands −11. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+8 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−11 minmedian over 16 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 16tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-20
+0 gate · −12 arrival
10-19
+25 gate · +42 arrival
10-18
+8 gate · −13 arrival
10-17
+8 gate · +0 arrival
10-16
+0 gate · −7 arrival
10-15
+14 gate · −11 arrival
10-14
+0 gate · −4 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 −11 min · 0 cancelled · 16 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
CNSCairnsOn-time likelyCNS delay board →
BNE→CNSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.0%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at BNE and CNS 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

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

Other Brisbane to Cairns flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA775departs 08:40
VA781departs 10:40
VA783departs 11:35
VA785departs 14:15
VA793departs 17:40
VA799departs 20:50

If VA771 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Brisbane to Cairns on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA771 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA771 across the BNE and CNS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 12/13 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA771 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
10-20BNE 06:10 (+0)CNS 08:40 08:28 (−12)
10-19BNE 06:10 06:35 (+25)CNS 08:40 09:22 (+42)
10-18BNE 06:10 06:18 (+8)CNS 08:40 08:27 (−13)
10-17BNE 06:10 06:18 (+8)CNS 08:40 (+0)
10-16BNE 06:10 (+0)CNS 08:40 08:33 (−7)
10-15BNE 06:10 06:24 (+14)CNS 08:40 08:29 (−11)
10-14BNE 06:10 (+0)CNS 08:40 08:36 (−4)
10-13BNE 06:10 (+0)CNS 08:40 08:28 (−12)
10-12BNE 06:10 06:20 (+10)CNS 08:40 (+0)
10-11BNE 06:10 06:21 (+11)CNS 08:40 08:25 (−15)
10-10BNE 06:10 06:23 (+13)CNS 08:40 08:27 (−13)
10-09BNE 06:10 (+0)CNS 08:40 08:22 (−18)
10-08BNE 06:10 06:23 (+13)CNS 08:40 08:31 (−9)
10-07BNE 06:10 (+0)CNS 08:40 08:31 (−9)
10-06BNE 06:10 06:00 (−10)CNS 08:40 08:18 (−22)
10-05BNE 06:10 (+0)CNS 08:40 08:21 (−19)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VUQ, VH-YFU, VH-YFJ, VH-8VI.

Board clocks recorded as BNE and CNS published them.

Planning around VA771? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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