VA819Virgin Australia · MEL → SYD
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA819 MelbourneMEL · 08:00 SydneySYD · 09:25

VA819 by Virgin Australia flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Sydney (SYD) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowExpected in Sydney · On Time
09:25

arrival expected at SYD · on schedule

Typical gate push+6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+4 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~2 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
10-30
+1 gate
10-29
+1 gate · +10 arrival
10-28
+3 gate · +0 arrival
10-27
+17 gate · −8 arrival
10-26
+6 gate · +8 arrival
10-25
+14 gate · +15 arrival
10-24
+15 gate · −7 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 +4 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneModerate riskMEL delay board →
SYDSydneyModerate riskSYD delay board →
MEL→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
61%Chance of 15+ min delay
7.4%Chance of cancellation
+32 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MEL (Melbourne), currently flying IFR (instrument). 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

Melbourne to Sydney with Virgin Australia · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: high
Chance a departure is cancelled
6.3%2.3× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.7%1.3× usual

Forecast weather: 75% chance of rain at Melbourne

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 23 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 Melbourne to Sydney flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA803departs 06:00
VA805departs 06:15
VA807departs 06:30
VA811departs 07:00
VA813departs 07:15
VA815departs 07:30

If VA819 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Melbourne to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL 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 VA819 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA819 across the MEL and SYD 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 VA819 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
10-30MEL 08:00 08:01 (+1)SYD 09:25
10-29MEL 08:00 08:01 (+1)SYD 09:25 09:35 (+10)
10-28MEL 08:00 08:03 (+3)SYD 09:25 (+0)
10-27MEL 08:00 08:17 (+17)SYD 09:25 09:17 (−8)
10-26MEL 08:00 08:06 (+6)SYD 09:25 09:33 (+8)
10-25MEL 08:00 08:14 (+14)SYD 09:25 09:40 (+15)
10-24MEL 08:00 08:15 (+15)SYD 09:25 09:18 (−7)
10-23MEL 08:00 08:01 (+1)SYD 09:25 09:19 (−6)
10-22MEL 08:00 08:32 (+32)SYD 09:25 10:00 (+35)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VUX, VH-YIM, VH-8II, VH-YFC.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and SYD published them.

Planning around VA819? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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