CA1516Air China · SHA → PEK
live · 21m ago
Route confirmed Air China

CA1516 ShanghaiSHA · 19:30 BeijingPEK · 22:00

CA1516 by Air China flies from Shanghai (SHA) to Beijing (PEK) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowEn route to Beijing · off blocks 19:44 · 14 min late
En route

en route from SHA to PEK

En routeCA1516 · position estimated
SHAShanghaiPEKBeijing
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 19:44.

⚖ CA1516 typically leaves +16 and lands −17. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~33 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 13tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
+14 gate · −7 arrival
11-04
+10 gate · −26 arrival
11-03
+2 gate · −36 arrival
11-02
+10 gate · −28 arrival
11-01
+42 gate · +0 arrival
10-30
+18 gate · −9 arrival
10-29
+17 gate · −11 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SHAShanghaiModerate riskSHA delay board →
PEKBeijingOn-time likelyPEK delay board →
SHA→PEKevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
20%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
-8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SHA and PEK 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 Shanghai

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 20°C to 22°C
Low14°Clikely 13°C to 15°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 Beijing

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High13°Clikely 11°C to 15°C
Low0°Clikely −2°C to 2°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 Shanghai to Beijing flights today

same route · Air China
CA1564departs 07:45
CA1590departs 08:55
CA1528departs 10:30
CA1508departs 11:05
CA1502departs 12:15
CA1532departs 13:55

If CA1516 is cancelled, these are the other Air China nonstop flights from Shanghai to Beijing on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SHA 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 CA1516 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CA1516 across the SHA and PEK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 11/12 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 CA1516 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-05SHA 19:30 19:44 (+14)PEK 22:00 21:53 (−7)
11-04SHA 19:30 19:40 (+10)PEK 22:00 21:34 (−26)
11-03SHA 19:30 19:32 (+2)PEK 22:00 21:24 (−36)
11-02SHA 19:30 19:40 (+10)PEK 22:00 21:32 (−28)
11-01SHA 19:30 20:12 (+42)PEK 22:00 (+0)
10-30SHA 19:30 19:48 (+18)PEK 22:00 21:51 (−9)
10-29SHA 19:30 19:47 (+17)PEK 22:00 21:49 (−11)
10-28SHA 19:30 19:55 (+25)PEK 22:00 21:46 (−14)
10-27SHA 19:30 19:34 (+4)PEK 22:00 21:23 (−37)
10-26SHA 19:30 19:47 (+17)PEK 22:00 21:35 (−25)
10-25SHA 19:30 19:52 (+22)PEK 22:00 21:43 (−17)
10-24SHA 19:25 19:28 (+3)PEK 22:00 21:43 (−17)
10-23SHA 19:25PEK 21:45 00:34 (+169)

Board clocks recorded as SHA and PEK published them.

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