VA808Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · SYD → MEL
live · 4m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA808 SydneySYD · 07:00 MelbourneMEL · 08:35

VA808 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Sydney (SYD) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Tue, Oct 20 departure.

Right nowTaxiing out at Sydney · left the gate 06:55 · 5 min early
08:35

estimated arrival at MEL · local time

LivePosition · updated 4m ago
SYDSydneyMELMelbourne
Taxiing out at SYD438 mi flight ahead
0 ftAltitudeon the ground
20 mphSpeed17 kt
169°Direction

Live position · on the ground at SYD, taxiing for departure.

⚖ VA808 typically leaves +0 and lands −7. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~7 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-20
−5 gate
10-19
+0 gate · −8 arrival
10-18
+6 gate · −8 arrival
10-17
+0 gate · −7 arrival
10-16
+55 gate · +41 arrival
10-15
+0 gate · −16 arrival
10-14
+0 gate · −10 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 −7 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
SYD→MELevery 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
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD and MEL 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Sydney to Melbourne flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA800departs 06:00
VA804departs 06:30
VA810departs 07:15
VA812departs 07:30
VA814departs 07:45
VA816departs 08:00

If VA808 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Sydney to Melbourne 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 VA808 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA808 across the SYD and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min early. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 8/11 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA808 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
10-20SYD 07:00 06:55 (−5)MEL 08:35
10-19SYD 07:00 (+0)MEL 08:35 08:27 (−8)
10-18SYD 07:00 07:06 (+6)MEL 08:35 08:27 (−8)
10-17SYD 07:00 (+0)MEL 08:35 08:28 (−7)
10-16SYD 07:00 07:55 (+55)MEL 08:35 09:16 (+41)
10-15SYD 07:00 (+0)MEL 08:35 08:19 (−16)
10-14SYD 07:00 (+0)MEL 08:35 08:25 (−10)
10-13SYD 07:00 07:15 (+15)MEL 08:35 08:52 (+17)
10-12SYD 07:00 07:20 (+20)MEL 08:35 09:05 (+30)
10-11SYD 07:00 07:05 (+5)MEL 08:35 08:30 (−5)
10-10SYD 07:00 (+0)MEL 08:35 08:31 (−4)
10-09SYD MEL 08:35 08:24 (−11)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YIJ, VH-NHW, VH-YFC, VH-YQH.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and MEL published them.

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