CA829Air China · PEK → CAI
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed Air China

CA829 BeijingPEK · 02:15 CairoCAI · 08:15

CA829 by Air China flies from Beijing (PEK) to Cairo (CAI) for the Sun, Nov 8 departure.

Right nowDescending into Cairo · off blocks 02:37 · 22 min late
08:15

estimated arrival at CAI · local time · ~54 min from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
CAI171 mi · ~54 min leftPEK
38,300 ftAltitudedescending
535 mphSpeed465 kt
175°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 3h 26m

Typical gate push+22 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-08
+22 gate
11-06
+8 gate
11-04
+8 gate
11-02
+17 gate
11-01
+34 gate
10-30
+36 gate
10-28
+43 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 · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PEKBeijingModerate riskPEK delay board →
CAICairoHigh riskCAI delay board →
PEK→CAIevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
24%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
-8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at PEK and CAI 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 Beijing

Forecast

Mon 9 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 9°C to 12°C
Low−4°Clikely −5°C to −3°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 Cairo

Forecast

Mon 9 Nov, local date

High23°Clikely 22°C to 24°C
Low15°Clikely 13°C to 16°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.

How CA829 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CA829 across the PEK and CAI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~22 min late. Based on 8 confirmed departures · 2/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CA829 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
11-08PEK 02:15 02:37 (+22)CAI 08:15
11-06PEK 02:15 02:23 (+8)CAI 08:15
11-04PEK 02:15 02:23 (+8)CAI 08:15
11-02PEK 02:15 02:32 (+17)CAI 08:15
11-01PEK 02:15 02:49 (+34)CAI 08:15
10-30PEK 02:15 02:51 (+36)CAI 08:15
10-28PEK 02:15 02:58 (+43)CAI 09:15
10-25PEK 02:15 02:37 (+22)CAI 09:15

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-5948, B-8689, B-8579, B-6101.

Board clocks recorded as PEK and CAI published them.

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