VA989Virgin Australia · SYD → BNE
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA989 SydneySYD · 20:00 BrisbaneBNE · 20:30

VA989 by Virgin Australia flies from Sydney (SYD) to Brisbane (BNE) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today
20:00

departs SYD · on schedule

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~13 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+50+100+150 min
11-06
−10 arrival
11-05
+0 gate · −10 arrival
11-04
+0 gate · +0 arrival
11-03
+135 gate · +150 arrival
11-02
+25 gate · +15 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
SYD→BNEevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
6.6%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SYD and BNE are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 24°C to 29°C
Low15°Clikely 13°C to 17°C
  • 74% chance of rain

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 Brisbane

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 25°C to 29°C
Low18°Clikely 16°C to 20°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 Brisbane flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA901departs 06:00
VA905departs 06:30
VA909departs 07:00
VA911departs 07:15
VA913departs 07:30
VA9903departs 07:30

If VA989 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Sydney to Brisbane 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 VA989 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA989 across the SYD and BNE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 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 VA989 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
11-06SYD 20:00BNE 20:30 20:20 (−10)
11-05SYD 20:00 (+0)BNE 20:30 20:20 (−10)
11-04SYD 20:00 (+0)BNE 20:30 (+0)
11-03SYD 20:00 22:15 (+135)BNE 20:30 23:00 (+150)
11-02SYD 20:00 20:25 (+25)BNE 20:30 20:45 (+15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8IH, VH-VOL, VH-YFC, VH-VOO.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and BNE published them.

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