VA811Virgin Australia · MEL → SYD
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA811 MelbourneMEL · 07:00 SydneySYD · 08:25

VA811 by Virgin Australia flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Sydney (SYD) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowEn route to Sydney · off blocks 06:53 · 7 min early
En route

en route from MEL to SYD

En routeVA811 · position estimated
MELMelbourneSYDSydney
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 06:53 · typical taxi-out at MEL ≈ 11 min.

⚖ VA811 typically leaves +6 and lands +0. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
−7 gate · +0 arrival
11-04
+6 gate · −10 arrival
11-03
+27 gate · +30 arrival
11-02
+18 gate · −7 arrival
11-01
−1 gate · −13 arrival
10-31
+10 gate · −12 arrival
10-30
−1 gate · +15 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
MEL→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.3%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MEL 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 Melbourne

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 23°C
Low8°Clikely 6°C to 11°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

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High24°Clikely 23°C to 25°C
Low15°Clikely 14°C to 17°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.

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 Melbourne to Sydney flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA803departs 06:00
VA805departs 06:15
VA807departs 06:30
VA813departs 07:15
VA815departs 07:30
VA817departs 07:45

If VA811 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Melbourne to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL 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 VA811 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA811 across the MEL and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 10/11 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA811 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
11-05MEL 07:00 06:53 (−7)SYD 08:25 (+0)
11-04MEL 07:00 07:06 (+6)SYD 08:25 08:15 (−10)
11-03MEL 07:00 07:27 (+27)SYD 08:25 08:55 (+30)
11-02MEL 07:00 07:18 (+18)SYD 08:25 08:18 (−7)
11-01MEL 07:00 06:59 (−1)SYD 08:25 08:12 (−13)
10-31MEL 07:00 07:10 (+10)SYD 08:25 08:13 (−12)
10-30MEL 07:00 06:59 (−1)SYD 08:25 08:40 (+15)
10-29MEL 07:00 07:03 (+3)SYD 08:25 08:35 (+10)
10-28MEL 07:00 07:17 (+17)SYD 08:25 08:30 (+5)
10-27MEL 07:00 07:08 (+8)SYD 08:25 08:20 (−5)
10-26MEL 07:00 07:06 (+6)SYD 08:25 08:35 (+10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-8IJ, VH-8IB, VH-8VG, VH-YFU.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and SYD published them.

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