CA3104Air China · ORD → PVG
live · 45m ago
Route confirmed Air China

CA3104 ChicagoORD · 17:40 ShanghaiPVG

CA3104 by Air China flies from Chicago (ORD) to Shanghai (PVG) for the Sun, Nov 1 departure.

Right nowEn route to Shanghai · off blocks 17:42 · 2 min late
En route

en route from ORD to PVG

En routeCA3104 · position estimated
ORDChicagoPVGShanghai
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 17:42 · typical taxi-out at ORD ≈ 8.3 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push−2 minmedian posted departure
Cancellation0 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-02
+2 gate
11-01
+2 gate
10-30
+2 gate
10-29
−24 gate
10-27
−20 gate
10-25
+6 gate
10-23
−5 gate

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

0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
ORD→PVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at ORD and PVG 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 on this route

Forecast

Chicago to Shanghai with Air China · Tue 3 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%9.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
17%0.9× usual

Forecast weather: 92% chance of rain and gusts to 31 kt at Chicago

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
W
T
F
S
S

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Shanghai flights today

same route · Air China
CA1020departs 00:05
CA8412departs 01:05
CA1056departs 02:05
CA8414departs 02:05
CA1012departs 03:00
CA8448departs 03:10

If CA3104 is cancelled, these are the other Air China nonstop flights from Chicago to Shanghai on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD 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 CA3104 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CA3104 across the ORD and PVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs on time. Based on 10 confirmed departures · 10/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CA3104 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
11-02ORD 17:40 17:42 (+2)PVG
11-01ORD 17:40 17:42 (+2)PVG
10-30ORD 16:45 16:47 (+2)PVG
10-29ORD 12:40 12:16 (−24)PVG
10-27ORD 12:40 12:20 (−20)PVG
10-25ORD 18:55 19:01 (+6)PVG
10-23ORD 15:40 15:35 (−5)PVG
10-22ORD 12:45 (+0)PVG
10-20ORD 13:25 13:13 (−12)PVG
10-19ORD 00:50 00:39 (−11)PVG

Board clocks recorded as ORD and PVG published them.

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