VA9542Virgin Australia · ZQN → SYD
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA9542 QueenstownZQN · 17:55 SydneySYD · 19:05

VA9542 by Virgin Australia flies from Queenstown (ZQN) to Sydney (SYD).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
17:55

scheduled from ZQN

Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
ZQNQueenstownOn-time likelyZQN delay board →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
ZQN→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
6.3%Chance of cancellation
+12 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by SYD (Sydney), 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 at Queenstown

Forecast

Tue 10 Nov, local date

High19°Clikely 16°C to 22°C
Low10°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.

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.

When it flies

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

Other Queenstown to Sydney flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA164departs 14:25
VA162departs 15:05

If VA9542 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Queenstown to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ZQN 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 VA9542 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA9542 across the ZQN and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed -8 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA9542 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-27ZQN 17:55 (+0)SYD 19:05 18:57 (−8)

Board clocks recorded as ZQN and SYD published them.

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