VL1428Lufthansa City Airlines · FRA → SOF
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Route confirmed Lufthansa City Airlines

VL1428 Frankfurt am MainFRA · 14:55 SofiaSOF

VL1428 by Lufthansa City Airlines flies from Frankfurt am Main (FRA) to Sofia (SOF) for the Sun, Nov 15 departure.

Right nowEn route to Sofia · off blocks 15:20 · 25 min late
En route

en route from FRA to SOF

En routeVL1428 · position estimated
FRAFrankfurt am MainSOFSofia
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 15:20 · typical taxi-out at FRA ≈ 6.9 min.

The route today

live boards
FRAFrankfurt am MainModerate riskFRA delay board →
SOFSofiaOn-time likelySOF delay board →
FRA→SOFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at FRA and SOF 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 Frankfurt am Main

Forecast

Mon 16 Nov, local date

High12°Clikely 11°C to 13°C
Low6°Clikely 4°C to 8°C
  • 97% chance of rain

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 Sofia

Forecast

Mon 16 Nov, local date

High12°Clikely 10°C to 15°C
Low5°Clikely 3°C to 6°C
  • 92% chance of rain

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.

How VL1428 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VL1428 across the FRA and SOF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: departed +25 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VL1428 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
11-15FRA 14:55 15:20 (+25)SOF
11-14FRA 14:55SOF

Aircraft

Recent tails: DAIJH, DAIJP.

Board clocks recorded as FRA and SOF published them.

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