VA653Virgin Australia · CBR → SYD
live · 30m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA653 CanberraCBR · 15:20 SydneySYD · 16:20

VA653 by Virgin Australia flies from Canberra (CBR) to Sydney (SYD) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowEn route to Sydney · off blocks 15:25 · 5 min late
16:20

estimated arrival at SYD · local time · landing about now

En routeVA653 · position estimated
CBRCanberraSYDSydney
Estimated from the boardsarr 16:20

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 15:25.

Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~15 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-07
+5 gate
11-06
+5 gate · −15 arrival
11-05
+6 gate · −5 arrival
11-04
+4 gate · −15 arrival
11-03
−1 gate · −5 arrival
11-02
−3 gate · −10 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 −10 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

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

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.7%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at CBR and SYD 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 at Canberra

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 14°C to 20°C
Low3°Clikely 0°C to 7°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Sydney

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High19°Clikely 18°C to 21°C
Low13°Clikely 11°C to 14°C
  • 81% chance of rain
  • Gusts to 32 kt

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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 Canberra to Sydney flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA625departs 06:05
VA629departs 07:05
VA631departs 07:55
VA633departs 08:05
VA637departs 09:05
VA641departs 10:20

If VA653 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Canberra to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CBR 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 VA653 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA653 across the CBR and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 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 VA653 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
11-07CBR 15:20 15:25 (+5)SYD 16:20
11-06CBR 15:20 15:25 (+5)SYD 16:20 16:05 (−15)
11-05CBR 15:20 15:26 (+6)SYD 16:20 16:15 (−5)
11-04CBR 15:20 15:24 (+4)SYD 16:20 16:05 (−15)
11-03CBR 15:20 15:19 (−1)SYD 16:20 16:15 (−5)
11-02CBR 15:20 15:17 (−3)SYD 16:20 16:10 (−10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VEJ, VH-VER, VH-VEA.

Board clocks recorded as CBR and SYD published them.

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