VA509Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · SYD → OOL
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA509 SydneySYD · 08:20 Gold CoastOOL · 08:40

VA509 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Sydney (SYD) to Gold Coast (OOL) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today
08:20

departs SYD · on schedule

Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+3 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~2 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
10-29
+8 arrival
10-28
+5 gate · +1 arrival
10-27
+20 gate · +8 arrival
10-26
+5 gate · +3 arrival
10-25
+0 gate · −7 arrival
10-24
+0 gate · +3 arrival
10-23
+5 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 +3 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
OOLGold CoastOn-time likelyOOL delay board →
SYD→OOLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD and OOL 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 Gold Coast with Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.7%1.1× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.0%1.0× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 9 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 Gold Coast flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA9523departs 07:00
VA505departs 07:10
VA511departs 09:20
VA513departs 10:20
VA515departs 10:20
VA517departs 11:20

If VA509 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Sydney to Gold 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 VA509 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA509 across the SYD and OOL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min late. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 10/11 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA509 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 08:20OOL 08:40 08:48 (+8)
10-28SYD 08:20 08:25 (+5)OOL 08:40 08:41 (+1)
10-27SYD 08:20 08:40 (+20)OOL 08:40 08:48 (+8)
10-26SYD 08:20 08:25 (+5)OOL 08:40 08:43 (+3)
10-25SYD 08:20 (+0)OOL 08:40 08:33 (−7)
10-24SYD 08:20 (+0)OOL 08:40 08:43 (+3)
10-23SYD 08:20 08:25 (+5)OOL 08:40 08:43 (+3)
10-22SYD 08:20 08:30 (+10)OOL 08:40 08:48 (+8)
10-21SYD 08:20 08:25 (+5)OOL 08:40 08:45 (+5)
10-20SYD 08:20 08:25 (+5)OOL 08:40 08:42 (+2)
10-19SYD 08:20 08:30 (+10)OOL 08:40 08:44 (+4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YFL, VH-8IL, VH-YIJ, VH-YQH.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and OOL published them.

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