VA657Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · CBR → SYD
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA657 CanberraCBR · 16:20 SydneySYD · 17:20

VA657 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Canberra (CBR) to Sydney (SYD) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowDescending into Sydney · off blocks 16:27 · 7 min late
17:10

estimated arrival at SYD · local time · ~11 min from now

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
CBR18 mi · ~11 min leftSYD
2,800 ftAltitudedescending
238 mphSpeed207 kt
59°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 38 min

⚖ VA657 typically leaves +6 and lands −3. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-18
+7 gate · −10 arrival
08-17
−2 gate
08-16
+8 gate · −3 arrival
08-13
+6 gate · −10 arrival
08-12
−3 gate · −15 arrival
08-11
+6 gate · +0 arrival
08-10
+21 gate · +7 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 −3 min · 0 cancelled · 12 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
30%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.7%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

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. 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
061422
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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 Regional Airlines
VA625departs 06:05
VA629departs 07:05
VA633departs 08:05
VA637departs 09:05
VA641departs 10:20
VA651departs 14:35

If VA657 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Canberra to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CBR local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA657 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA657 across the CBR and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 7/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA657 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
08-18CBR 16:20 16:27 (+7)SYD 17:20 17:10 (−10)
08-17CBR 16:20 16:18 (−2)SYD 17:20
08-16CBR 16:20 16:28 (+8)SYD 17:20 17:17 (−3)
08-13CBR 16:20 16:26 (+6)SYD 17:20 17:10 (−10)
08-12CBR 16:20 16:17 (−3)SYD 17:20 17:05 (−15)
08-11CBR 16:20 16:26 (+6)SYD 17:20 (+0)
08-10CBR 16:20 16:41 (+21)SYD 17:20 17:27 (+7)
08-09CBR 16:20 16:33 (+13)SYD 17:20 17:29 (+9)
08-07CBR 16:20 17:20 (+60)SYD 17:20 18:15 (+55)
08-06CBR 16:20 16:26 (+6)SYD 17:20
08-05CBR 16:20 16:21 (+1)SYD 17:20
08-04CBR 16:20 16:23 (+3)SYD 17:20 17:17 (−3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-VEM, VH-VER, VH-VEA, VH-VEZ.

Board clocks recorded as CBR and SYD published them.

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