VA1536Virgin Australia · SYD → HBA
live · 38m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA1536 SydneySYD · 17:50 HobartHBA · 19:45

VA1536 by Virgin Australia flies from Sydney (SYD) to Hobart (HBA) for the Thu, Nov 12 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today · as of 01:29
17:50

departs SYD · on schedule

Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+6 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~4 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-12
+8 arrival
11-09
+5 gate · −10 arrival
11-08
+35 gate · +29 arrival
11-06
−5 gate · −9 arrival
11-05
+15 gate · +8 arrival
11-02
+10 gate · +4 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 +6 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
HBAHobartModerate riskHBA delay board →
SYD→HBAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+10 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SYD and HBA 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

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High26°Clikely 24°C to 29°C
Low19°Clikely 17°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.

Tomorrow at Hobart

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High18°Clikely 15°C to 22°C
Low13°Clikely 10°C to 15°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 Hobart flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA1528departs 07:10
VA1530departs 10:00
VA1532departs 10:10
VA1534departs 15:50

If VA1536 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Sydney to Hobart 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 VA1536 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA1536 across the SYD and HBA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA1536 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
11-12SYD 17:50HBA 19:45 19:53 (+8)
11-09SYD 17:50 17:55 (+5)HBA 19:45 19:35 (−10)
11-08SYD 17:50 18:25 (+35)HBA 19:45 20:14 (+29)
11-06SYD 17:50 17:45 (−5)HBA 19:45 19:36 (−9)
11-05SYD 17:50 18:05 (+15)HBA 19:45 19:53 (+8)
11-02SYD 17:50 18:00 (+10)HBA 19:45 19:49 (+4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YIJ, VH-8VI, VH-VUQ, VH-YFJ.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and HBA published them.

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