VA555Virgin Australia · SYD → PER
live · 55m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA555 SydneySYD · 09:15 PerthPER · 11:20

VA555 by Virgin Australia flies from Sydney (SYD) to Perth (PER) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowExpected in Perth · today
11:20

arrival expected at PER · on schedule

Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−1 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+0 gate
10-28
+5 gate · −25 arrival
10-27
+0 gate · +1 arrival
10-26
+25 gate
10-25
+0 gate
10-24
+5 gate · −13 arrival
10-23
+15 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 −1 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

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

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SYD and PER 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 on this route

Forecast

Sydney to Perth with Virgin Australia · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.3%0.9× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.8%1.0× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 6 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
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
VA549departs 06:15
VA9909departs 06:15
VA551departs 07:15
VA9911departs 07:15
VA557departs 12:25
VA559departs 13:25

If VA555 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Sydney to Perth on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SYD 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 VA555 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA555 across the SYD and PER boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA555 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 09:15 (+0)PER 11:20
10-28SYD 09:15 09:20 (+5)PER 11:20 10:55 (−25)
10-27SYD 09:15 (+0)PER 11:20 11:21 (+1)
10-26SYD 09:15 09:40 (+25)PER 11:20
10-25SYD 09:15 (+0)PER 11:20
10-24SYD 09:15 09:20 (+5)PER 11:30 11:17 (−13)
10-23SYD 09:15 09:30 (+15)PER 11:30 11:27 (−3)
10-22SYD 09:15 09:20 (+5)PER 11:30 11:31 (+1)
10-21SYD 09:15 09:50 (+35)PER 11:30 11:31 (+1)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8IC, VH-YFX, VH-YIT, VH-IXJ.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and PER published them.

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