VA870Virgin Australia · SYD → MEL
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA870 SydneySYD · 17:30 MelbourneMEL · 19:05

VA870 by Virgin Australia flies from Sydney (SYD) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Wed, Nov 4 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today
17:30

departs SYD · on schedule

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+35 minmedian over 5 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-04
+73 arrival
11-03
+15 gate · +73 arrival
11-02
+5 gate · +14 arrival
11-01
+50 gate · +35 arrival
10-30
+15 gate · +14 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 +35 min · 0 cancelled · 5 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

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.5%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by SYD (Sydney), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High23°Clikely 19°C to 26°C
Low17°Clikely 16°C to 19°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 Melbourne

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 15°C to 20°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 12°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
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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
VA800departs 06:00
VA804departs 06:30
VA806departs 06:45
VA808departs 07:00
VA810departs 07:15
VA812departs 07:30

If VA870 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Sydney to Melbourne 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 VA870 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA870 across the SYD and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~39 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 2/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA870 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
11-04SYD 17:30MEL 19:05 20:18 (+73)
11-03SYD 17:30 17:45 (+15)MEL 19:05 20:18 (+73)
11-02SYD 17:30 17:35 (+5)MEL 19:05 19:19 (+14)
11-01SYD 17:30 18:20 (+50)MEL 19:05 19:40 (+35)
10-30SYD 17:30 17:45 (+15)MEL 19:05 19:19 (+14)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-NQI, VH-VBZ, VH-8IO, VH-YIH.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and MEL published them.

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