VA485Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · SYD → MCY
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA485 SydneySYD · 08:10 Sunshine CoastMCY · 08:45

VA485 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Sydney (SYD) to Sunshine Coast (MCY) for the Wed, Oct 14 departure.

Right nowExpected in Sunshine Coast · today
08:45

arrival expected at MCY · on schedule

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~4 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-14
+20 gate
10-13
−5 gate
10-12
+10 gate · +4 arrival
10-11
−5 gate · −14 arrival
10-10
+60 gate · +54 arrival
10-09
+5 gate · −5 arrival
10-08
+0 gate

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 −4 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
MCYSunshine CoastHigh riskMCY delay board →
SYD→MCYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Early read, sample still building
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MCY (Sunshine Coast), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

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 Sunshine Coast flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA487departs 09:05
VA491departs 11:25
VA495departs 15:05

If VA485 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Sydney to Sunshine Coast 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 VA485 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA485 across the SYD and MCY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 6/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA485 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
10-14SYD 08:10 08:30 (+20)MCY 08:45
10-13SYD 08:10 08:05 (−5)MCY 08:45
10-12SYD 08:10 08:20 (+10)MCY 08:45 08:49 (+4)
10-11SYD 08:10 08:05 (−5)MCY 08:45 08:31 (−14)
10-10SYD 08:10 09:10 (+60)MCY 08:45 09:39 (+54)
10-09SYD 08:10 08:15 (+5)MCY 08:45 08:40 (−5)
10-08SYD 08:10 (+0)MCY 08:45
10-07SYD 08:10 (+0)MCY 08:45 08:35 (−10)
10-06SYD 08:10 (+0)MCY 08:45 08:42 (−3)
10-05SYD 08:10 (+0)MCY 08:45 08:41 (−4)
10-04SYD 08:10 (+0)MCY 08:45

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YFJ, VH-8IH, VH-VUE, VH-YIF.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and MCY published them.

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