VA785Virgin Australia · BNE → CNS
live · 4h ago
Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA785 BrisbaneBNE · 14:15 CairnsCNS · 16:40

VA785 by Virgin Australia flies from Brisbane (BNE) to Cairns (CNS) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowExpected in Cairns · today
16:40

arrival expected at CNS · on schedule

⚖ VA785 typically leaves +11 and lands +5. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+5 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+22 gate
10-30
+22 gate
10-29
+5 gate
10-28
+0 gate
10-27
+15 gate
10-26
+0 gate
10-25
+0 gate

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 · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
CNSCairnsModerate riskCNS delay board →
BNE→CNSevery 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
5.3%Chance of cancellation
+4 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at BNE and CNS 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

Brisbane to Cairns with Virgin Australia · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.6%1.1× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.4%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 84% chance of rain at Brisbane

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 5 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
W
T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Brisbane to Cairns flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA771departs 06:10
VA775departs 08:35
VA781departs 10:40
VA783departs 11:35
VA793departs 17:40
VA799departs 20:40

If VA785 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Brisbane to Cairns on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNE 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 VA785 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA785 across the BNE and CNS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 4/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA785 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
10-31BNE 14:15 14:37 (+22)CNS 16:40
10-30BNE 14:15 14:37 (+22)CNS 16:40
10-29BNE 14:15 14:20 (+5)CNS 16:40
10-28BNE 14:15 (+0)CNS 16:40
10-27BNE 14:15 14:30 (+15)CNS 16:40
10-26BNE 14:15 (+0)CNS 16:40
10-25BNE 14:15 (+0)CNS 16:40
10-24BNE 14:15 14:27 (+12)CNS 16:45 (+0)
10-23BNE 14:15 (+0)CNS 16:45 16:41 (−4)
10-22BNE 14:15 15:38 (+83)CNS 16:45 17:51 (+66)
10-21BNE 14:15 14:40 (+25)CNS 16:45 17:03 (+18)
10-20BNE 14:15 14:30 (+15)CNS 16:45 16:46 (+1)
10-19BNE 14:15 14:20 (+5)CNS 16:45 16:51 (+6)
10-18BNE 14:15 14:26 (+11)CNS 16:45 16:48 (+3)
10-17BNE 14:15 14:25 (+10)CNS 16:45 16:53 (+8)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-NQY, VH-NVW, VH-NJV, VH-YVA.

Board clocks recorded as BNE and CNS published them.

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