VA638Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · SYD → CBR
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA638 SydneySYD · 09:50 CanberraCBR · 10:50

VA638 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Sydney (SYD) to Canberra (CBR) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowLanded in Canberra · today
10:49

arrived at CBR · 1 min early

⚖ VA638 typically leaves +5 and lands −8. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−8 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
10-28
+10 gate · −1 arrival
10-27
+5 gate · −13 arrival
10-26
+5 gate · −3 arrival
10-25
+5 gate · −8 arrival
10-24
+0 gate · −17 arrival
10-23
+0 gate · −15 arrival
10-22
+5 gate · −6 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 −8 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
CBRCanberraOn-time likelyCBR delay board →
SYD→CBRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.3%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD and CBR 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 Canberra with Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.3%0.5× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.6%1.0× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 8 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 Canberra flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA630departs 07:35
VA634departs 08:50
VA640departs 10:35
VA644departs 12:20
VA656departs 16:05
VA658departs 16:50

If VA638 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Sydney to Canberra 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 VA638 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA638 across the SYD and CBR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 9/9 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 VA638 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
10-28SYD 09:50 10:00 (+10)CBR 10:50 10:49 (−1)
10-27SYD 09:50 09:55 (+5)CBR 10:50 10:37 (−13)
10-26SYD 09:50 09:55 (+5)CBR 10:50 10:47 (−3)
10-25SYD 09:50 09:55 (+5)CBR 10:50 10:42 (−8)
10-24SYD 09:50 (+0)CBR 10:50 10:33 (−17)
10-23SYD 09:50 (+0)CBR 10:50 10:35 (−15)
10-22SYD 09:50 09:55 (+5)CBR 10:50 10:44 (−6)
10-21SYD 09:50 09:55 (+5)CBR 10:50 10:36 (−14)
10-20SYD 09:50 10:10 (+20)CBR 10:50 10:52 (+2)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VEZ, VH-VEA, VH-VEJ, VH-VEB.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and CBR published them.

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