VA993Virgin Australia · SYD → BNE
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA993 SydneySYD · 20:30 BrisbaneBNE · 21:00

VA993 by Virgin Australia flies from Sydney (SYD) to Brisbane (BNE).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
20:30

scheduled from SYD

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+7 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+35 gate · +28 arrival
10-23
+4 gate · −3 arrival
10-22
+35 gate · +28 arrival
10-18
+15 gate · +7 arrival
10-16
+10 gate · +3 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 · 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
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
6.1%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

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. 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Sydney to Brisbane with Virgin Australia · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.1%0.7× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.1%1.0× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 16 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 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 VA993 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 posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA993 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA993 across the SYD and BNE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 3/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA993 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
10-29SYD 20:30 21:05 (+35)BNE 21:00 21:28 (+28)
10-23SYD 20:30 20:34 (+4)BNE 21:00 20:57 (−3)
10-22SYD 20:30 21:05 (+35)BNE 21:00 21:28 (+28)
10-18SYD 20:30 20:45 (+15)BNE 21:00 21:07 (+7)
10-16SYD 20:30 20:40 (+10)BNE 21:00 21:03 (+3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8IB, VH-IWX, VH-YIA, VH-VUX.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and BNE published them.

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