VA847Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · MEL → SYD
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA847 MelbourneMEL · 13:30 SydneySYD · 14:55

VA847 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Sydney (SYD).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
13:30

scheduled from MEL

Typical gate push+26 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+25 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~1 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

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
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+6 minAvg hub delay right now

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. 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
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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 Regional Airlines
VA803departs 06:00
VA807departs 06:30
VA811departs 07:00
VA813departs 07:15
VA815departs 07:30
VA817departs 07:45

If VA847 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Melbourne to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA847 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA847 across the MEL and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +25 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA847 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
08-09MEL 13:30 13:56 (+26)SYD 14:55 15:20 (+25)
08-07MEL 13:30 13:48 (+18)SYD 14:55 15:15 (+20)

Board clocks recorded as MEL and SYD published them.

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