VA579Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · CBR → ADL
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA579 CanberraCBR · 20:05 AdelaideADL · 21:25

VA579 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Canberra (CBR) to Adelaide (ADL) for the Thu, Sep 17 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Adelaide · off blocks 20:29 · 24 min late
21:13

estimated arrival at ADL · local time · ~48 min from now

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
ADL369 mi · ~48 min leftCBR
36,000 ftAltitudecruising
513 mphSpeed446 kt
277°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 32 min

⚖ VA579 typically leaves +8 and lands −5. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+8 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~13 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
09-17
+24 gate · +10 arrival
09-14
+8 gate · −12 arrival
09-13
+13 gate · −9 arrival
09-11
+8 gate · −5 arrival
09-10
+24 gate · +10 arrival
09-07
+0 gate · −5 arrival
09-06
+21 gate · +20 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 −5 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CBRCanberraOn-time likelyCBR delay board →
ADLAdelaideOn-time likelyADL delay board →
CBR→ADLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
26%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.4%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CBR and ADL 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.

How VA579 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA579 across the CBR and ADL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 8/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA579 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
09-17CBR 20:05 20:29 (+24)ADL 21:25 21:35 (+10)
09-14CBR 20:10 20:18 (+8)ADL 21:30 21:18 (−12)
09-13CBR 20:05 20:18 (+13)ADL 21:25 21:16 (−9)
09-11CBR 20:05 20:13 (+8)ADL 21:25 21:20 (−5)
09-10CBR 20:05 20:29 (+24)ADL 21:25 21:35 (+10)
09-07CBR 20:10 (+0)ADL 21:30 21:25 (−5)
09-06CBR 20:05 20:26 (+21)ADL 21:25 21:45 (+20)
09-04CBR 20:05 19:55 (−10)ADL 21:25 21:15 (−10)
09-03CBR 20:05 19:52 (−13)ADL 21:25 21:05 (−20)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YWD, VH-YFX, VH-YIF, VH-YFW.

Board clocks recorded as CBR and ADL published them.

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