VA500Virgin Australia · OOL → SYD
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA500 Gold CoastOOL · 06:00 SydneySYD · 08:30

VA500 by Virgin Australia flies from Gold Coast (OOL) to Sydney (SYD).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
06:00

scheduled from OOL

⚖ VA500 typically leaves +10 and lands +4. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+4 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 13tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-14
+8 gate · −12 arrival
11-13
+21 gate · +14 arrival
11-12
+25 gate · +36 arrival
11-11
+9 gate · +4 arrival
11-10
+1 gate · −4 arrival
11-09
+18 gate · +5 arrival
11-07
+5 gate · +0 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 +4 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
OOLGold CoastOn-time likelyOOL delay board →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
OOL→SYDevery 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
3.0%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at OOL and SYD 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 Gold Coast

Forecast

Sun 15 Nov, local date

High29°Clikely 27°C to 30°C
Low21°Clikely 20°C to 22°C
  • 40% chance of thunder
  • 81% 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 Sydney

Forecast

Sun 15 Nov, local date

High23°Clikely 21°C to 25°C
Low18°Clikely 17°C to 20°C
  • 81% 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.

When it flies

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

Other Gold Coast to Sydney flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA504departs 07:20
VA9526departs 07:55
VA508departs 08:20
VA512departs 09:20
VA516departs 10:20
VA518departs 11:20

If VA500 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Gold Coast to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in OOL 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 VA500 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA500 across the OOL and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 11/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA500 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
11-14OOL 06:00 06:08 (+8)SYD 08:30 08:18 (−12)
11-13OOL 06:00 06:21 (+21)SYD 08:30 08:44 (+14)
11-12OOL 06:00 06:25 (+25)SYD 08:30 09:06 (+36)
11-11OOL 06:00 06:09 (+9)SYD 08:30 08:34 (+4)
11-10OOL 06:00 06:01 (+1)SYD 08:30 08:26 (−4)
11-09OOL 06:00 06:18 (+18)SYD 08:30 08:35 (+5)
11-07OOL 06:00 06:05 (+5)SYD 08:30 (+0)
11-06OOL 06:00 06:10 (+10)SYD 08:30 (+0)
11-05OOL 06:00 06:08 (+8)SYD 08:30 08:20 (−10)
11-04OOL 06:00 06:37 (+37)SYD 08:30 09:00 (+30)
11-03OOL 06:00 06:12 (+12)SYD 08:30 08:40 (+10)
11-02OOL 06:00 06:15 (+15)SYD 08:30 08:36 (+6)
10-31OOL 06:00 06:09 (+9)SYD 08:30 08:18 (−12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VUQ, VH-VUR, VH-YFJ, VH-VUX.

Board clocks recorded as OOL and SYD published them.

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