VA 803Melbourne to Sydney

Virgin Australia🇦🇺MEL🇦🇺SYDMelbourne Airport to Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport

Departs

06:00

observed schedule, local to Melbourne

Operates

Mon-Sat

2026–27 observed schedule

Distance

706 km

439 miles

Stored schedule example

1 hr 25 min

Departure (Australia/Melbourne): 9 Nov 2026, 06:00; arrival (Australia/Sydney): 9 Nov 2026, 07:25

Observations: 18 Aug to 6 Nov 2026. This period describes the flights recorded, not whether the timetable is still valid.

The route

Great circle, 706 km

706 km (439 miles) great-circle, measured between the two airports' published coordinates. The line is the shortest path over the globe, which on a flat map bows away from a straight line.

What flies it

16 sightings

Boeing 737-800 (B738) in 63% of 16 observations; also Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M).

Aircraft types we recorded on this flight. A type is never inferred from the route, so a flight we have not seen closely shows none.

Other flights on this route

7 more

Other observed flight numbers from Melbourne to Sydney
Flight	Airline	Departs	Departures seen
JQ 500	Jetstar Airways	06:00	52
QF 468	Qantas	16:45	22
QF 434	Qantas	10:00	20
VA 833	Virgin Australia	10:00	18
QF 478	Qantas	18:00	13
QF 476	Qantas	17:45	12
QF 1514	Qantas	05:00	11

Where it goes

MEL → SYDMelbourne to SydneyEvery airline on this route MELMelbourne AirportDeparture airport SYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportArrival airport

How these numbers are measured