VA492Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · MCY → SYD
live · 7m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA492 Sunshine CoastMCY · 13:40 SydneySYD · 15:20

VA492 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Sunshine Coast (MCY) to Sydney (SYD) for the Fri, Sep 18 departure.

Right nowDescending into Sydney · off blocks 14:03 · 23 min late
15:20

estimated arrival at SYD · local time · ~3 min from now

LivePosition · updated 7m ago
SYD29 mi · ~3 min leftMCY
11,200 ftAltitudedescending
420 mphSpeed365 kt
171°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 1h 12m

Typical gate push+23 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+1 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~22 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
09-18
+23 gate · +1 arrival
09-14
CANCELLED
09-13
+11 arrival
09-12
+21 gate · +3 arrival
09-06
−12 arrival
09-05
−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 +1 min · 1 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MCYSunshine CoastOn-time likelyMCY delay board →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
MCY→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MCY and SYD 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 →

When it flies

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

Other Sunshine Coast to Sydney flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA488departs 11:20
VA496departs 17:00

If VA492 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Sunshine Coast to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCY local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA492 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA492 across the MCY and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 VA492 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
09-18MCY 13:40 14:03 (+23)SYD 15:20 15:21 (+1)
09-14CANCELLED
09-13MCY 13:40SYD 15:20 15:31 (+11)
09-12MCY 13:40 14:01 (+21)SYD 15:20 15:23 (+3)
09-06MCY 13:40SYD 15:20 15:08 (−12)
09-05MCY 13:40SYD 15:20 15:17 (−3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VUL, VH-8VI, VH-YFS, VH-YFU.

Board clocks recorded as MCY and SYD published them.

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