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(AA) American Airlines 7278 Flight Details

On time | Arrived

Departure

SYD

Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW, AU

Flight Gate Times

11-Jan-2026

Scheduled

16:20

 AEDT

Actual

16:33

 AEDT

Total Departure Delay: 13 mins

Flight Runway Times

11-Jan-2026

Scheduled

--

Actual

16:47

 AEDT

Runway Delay: -

Terminal

1

Gate

63

Craft Type

Boeing 737-800 (winglets) Passenger/BBJ2

73H

Flight Time

Scheduled

3h 10m

Arrival

AKL

Auckland Airport, NZ

Flight Gate Times

11-Jan-2026

Scheduled

21:30

 NZDT

Actual

21:33

 NZDT

Total Arrival Delay: 3 mins

Flight Runway Times

11-Jan-2026

Scheduled

--

Actual

21:18

 NZDT

Runway Delay: -

Terminal

I

Gate

-

Baggage Claim

-

Tail Number

VH-VZS

Flight Time

Actual

3h

Flight Notes

Operated by Qantas 181

Also marketed as (CI) China Airlines 8391, (MU) China Eastern Airlines 4122

Event Timeline

Time

Date

UTC

Event

Data Updated

11 Jan

08:34

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Jan-11-2026 9:21 PM to Jan-11-2026 9:33 PM

Actual Gate Arrival changed from Jan-11-2026 9:21 PM to Jan-11-2026 9:33 PM

11 Jan

08:26

Estimated Gate Arrival changed to Jan-11-2026 9:21 PM

Actual Gate Arrival changed to Jan-11-2026 9:21 PM

11 Jan

08:19

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Jan-11-2026 9:16 PM to Jan-11-2026 9:18 PM

Actual Runway Arrival changed to Jan-11-2026 9:18 PM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Jan-11-2026 9:16 PM

Status changed from Active to Landed

11 Jan

08:11

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Jan-11-2026 9:13 PM to Jan-11-2026 9:16 PM

11 Jan

08:01

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Jan-11-2026 9:16 PM to Jan-11-2026 9:13 PM

11 Jan

06:05

Estimated Runway Arrival changed to Jan-11-2026 9:16 PM

11 Jan

05:48

Estimated Runway Departure changed to Jan-11-2026 4:47 PM

Actual Runway Departure changed to Jan-11-2026 4:47 PM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed to Jan-11-2026 9:16 PM

11 Jan

05:34

Estimated Gate Departure changed to Jan-11-2026 4:33 PM

Actual Gate Departure changed to Jan-11-2026 4:33 PM

Status changed from Scheduled to Active

11 Jan

05:32

Tail Number changed to VH-VZS

11 Jan

02:10

Departure Gate changed from 55 to 63

11 Jan

01:25

Departure Gate changed from 50 to 55

11 Jan

00:34

Departure Gate changed from 63 to 50

11 Jan

00:34

Departure Gate changed from 55 to 63

10 Jan

20:36

Departure Gate changed from 50 to 55

10 Jan

18:44

Departure Gate changed from 54 to 50

10 Jan

18:43

Departure Gate changed from 55 to 54

10 Jan

13:09

Departure Gate changed to 55

10 Jan

05:26

Actual Equipment changed to 73H

8 Jan

18:38

8 Jan

18:38

Scheduled Gate Departure changed to Jan-11-2026 4:20 PM

Scheduled Gate Arrival changed to Jan-11-2026 9:30 PM

Departure Terminal changed to 1

Arrival Terminal changed to I

Scheduled Equipment changed to 73H