VA428Virgin Australia · SYD → ADL
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Route confirmed Virgin Australia

VA428 SydneySYD · 16:30 AdelaideADL · 18:10

VA428 by Virgin Australia flies from Sydney (SYD) to Adelaide (ADL) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Adelaide · off blocks 16:30 · on schedule
18:10

estimated arrival at ADL · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeVA428 · position estimated
SYDSydneyADLAdelaide
Estimated from the boardsarr 18:10

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 16:30 · typical taxi-out at SYD ≈ 9.1 min.

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+5 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
+0 gate
11-04
+15 gate · +10 arrival
11-03
+10 gate · +20 arrival
11-02
+0 gate · +0 arrival
11-01
+0 gate · +0 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 +5 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
ADLAdelaideOn-time likelyADL delay board →
SYD→ADLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SYD and ADL 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 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.

Tomorrow at Adelaide

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 18°C to 24°C
Low11°Clikely 9°C to 13°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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Sydney to Adelaide flights today

same route · Virgin Australia
VA404departs 07:15
VA412departs 09:15
VA414departs 10:10
VA418departs 12:15
VA424departs 14:30
VA434departs 17:30

If VA428 is cancelled, these are the other Virgin Australia nonstop flights from Sydney to Adelaide on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SYD 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 VA428 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VA428 across the SYD and ADL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VA428 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
11-05SYD 16:30 (+0)ADL 18:10
11-04SYD 16:30 16:45 (+15)ADL 18:10 18:20 (+10)
11-03SYD 16:30 16:40 (+10)ADL 18:10 18:30 (+20)
11-02SYD 16:30 (+0)ADL 18:10 (+0)
11-01SYD 16:30 (+0)ADL 18:10 (+0)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-IJR, VH-YQH, VH-VUT, VH-VUL.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and ADL published them.

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