VA966Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · BNE → SYD
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA966 BrisbaneBNE · 16:35 SydneySYD · 18:10

VA966 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Brisbane (BNE) to Sydney (SYD) for the Thu, Aug 20 departure.

Right nowLanded in Sydney · position data
18:14

landed at SYD · confirmed by live position

Typical gate push+23 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+11 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~12 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-20
+23 gate · +11 arrival
08-17
+68 gate · +49 arrival
08-16
+9 gate · −12 arrival
08-14
+10 gate · −6 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
BNE→SYDevery 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
4.5%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BNE 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 Brisbane to Sydney flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA908departs 06:05
VA912departs 06:35
VA916departs 07:05
VA920departs 07:35
VA924departs 08:05
VA932departs 09:05

If VA966 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Brisbane to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA966 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA966 across the BNE and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA966 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
08-20BNE 16:35 16:58 (+23)SYD 18:10 18:21 (+11)
08-17BNE 16:35 17:43 (+68)SYD 18:10 18:59 (+49)
08-16BNE 16:35 16:44 (+9)SYD 18:10 17:58 (−12)
08-14BNE 16:35 16:45 (+10)SYD 18:10 18:04 (−6)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YIV, VH-8IH, VH-YIE.

Board clocks recorded as BNE and SYD published them.

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