VA549Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · SYD → PER
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA549 SydneySYD · 06:15 PerthPER · 08:30

VA549 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Sydney (SYD) to Perth (PER) for the Mon, Oct 26 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Perth · off blocks 06:15 · on schedule
08:10

estimated arrival at PER · local time · ~3h 50m from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
PER1,714 mi · ~3h 50m leftSYD
36,000 ftAltitudecruising
455 mphSpeed395 kt
261°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 54 min

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−27 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~27 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation1 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-26
+0 gate
10-23
CANCELLED
10-22
+0 gate · −27 arrival
10-21
+15 gate
10-20
−10 gate
10-19
+10 gate
10-16
+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 −27 min · 1 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyModerate riskSYD delay board →
PERPerthOn-time likelyPER delay board →
SYD→PERevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Early read, sample still building
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by PER (Perth), currently flying IFR (instrument). 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
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Sydney to Perth flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA9909departs 06:15
VA551departs 07:15
VA9911departs 07:15
VA555departs 09:15
VA557departs 12:30
VA559departs 13:40

If VA549 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Sydney to Perth 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 VA549 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA549 across the SYD and PER boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~22 min early. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 2/2 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 VA549 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
10-26SYD 06:15 (+0)PER 08:30
10-23CANCELLED
10-22SYD 06:15 (+0)PER 08:30 08:03 (−27)
10-21SYD 06:15 06:30 (+15)PER 08:30
10-20SYD 06:10 06:00 (−10)PER 08:25
10-19SYD 06:15 06:25 (+10)PER 08:30
10-16SYD 06:15 (+0)PER 08:30
10-15SYD 06:15 06:25 (+10)PER 08:30 07:19 (−71)
10-14SYD 06:15 (+0)PER 08:30
10-13SYD 06:10 (+0)PER 08:25
10-12SYD 06:15 (+0)PER 08:30

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8VJ, VH-YFC, VH-YIS, VH-YIV.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and PER published them.

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