VA973Virgin Australia Regional Airlines · SYD → BNE
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

VA973 SydneySYD · 18:00 BrisbaneBNE · 19:30

VA973 by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flies from Sydney (SYD) to Brisbane (BNE) for the Tue, Sep 15 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today · as of 12:53
18:00

departs SYD · on schedule

Typical gate push+35 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+4 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~31 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-15
+1 arrival
09-14
−5 gate · +1 arrival
09-13
+5 gate · +4 arrival
09-11
+55 gate · +56 arrival
09-10
+35 gate · +38 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 +4 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
BNEBrisbaneOn-time likelyBNE delay board →
SYD→BNEevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.7%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD and BNE 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 Sydney to Brisbane flights today

same route · Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VA901departs 06:00
VA905departs 06:30
VA909departs 07:00
VA911departs 07:15
VA913departs 07:30
VA917departs 08:00

If VA973 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia Regional Airlines nonstop flights from Sydney to Brisbane on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SYD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VA973 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA973 across the SYD and BNE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 3/5 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA973 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
09-15SYD 18:00BNE 19:30 19:31 (+1)
09-14SYD 18:00 17:55 (−5)BNE 19:30 19:31 (+1)
09-13SYD 18:00 18:05 (+5)BNE 19:30 19:34 (+4)
09-11SYD 18:00 18:55 (+55)BNE 19:30 20:26 (+56)
09-10SYD 18:00 18:35 (+35)BNE 19:30 20:08 (+38)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-YFS, VH-IJU, VH-VUP, VH-YFH.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and BNE published them.

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