CA980Air China · BKK → PEK
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Route confirmed Air China

CA980 BangkokBKK · 01:30 BeijingPEK · 07:10

CA980 by Air China flies from Bangkok (BKK) to Beijing (PEK).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
01:30

scheduled from BKK

⚖ CA980 typically leaves +20 and lands +1. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+1 minmedian over 12 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-06
+19 gate · +0 arrival
11-05
+14 gate · −9 arrival
11-04
+18 gate · −10 arrival
11-03
+42 gate · +15 arrival
11-02
+22 gate · +0 arrival
11-01
+25 gate · +2 arrival
10-31
+53 gate · +33 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 +1 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BKKBangkokModerate riskBKK delay board →
PEKBeijingOn-time likelyPEK delay board →
BKK→PEKevery 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
16%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at BKK 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 Bangkok

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High33°Clikely 30°C to 34°C
Low26°Clikely 24°C to 27°C
  • 47% chance of thunder

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

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High6°Clikely 4°C to 8°C
Low0°Clikely −2°C to 2°C
  • 21% chance of snow
  • 93% 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.

Other Bangkok to Beijing flights today

same route · Air China
CA556departs 14:50
CA886departs 15:15
CA960departs 19:30

If CA980 is cancelled, these are the other Air China nonstop flights from Bangkok to Beijing on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BKK 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 CA980 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CA980 across the BKK and PEK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 10/11 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CA980 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
11-06BKK 01:30 01:49 (+19)PEK 07:10 (+0)
11-05BKK 01:30 01:44 (+14)PEK 07:10 07:01 (−9)
11-04BKK 01:30 01:48 (+18)PEK 07:10 07:00 (−10)
11-03BKK 01:30 02:12 (+42)PEK 07:10 07:25 (+15)
11-02BKK 01:30 01:52 (+22)PEK 07:10 (+0)
11-01BKK 01:30 01:55 (+25)PEK 07:10 07:12 (+2)
10-31BKK 01:30 02:23 (+53)PEK 07:10 07:43 (+33)
10-30BKK 01:30 01:34 (+4)PEK 07:10 07:02 (−8)
10-29BKK 01:30 01:47 (+17)PEK 07:10 07:16 (+6)
10-28BKK 01:30 01:50 (+20)PEK 07:10 (+0)
10-27BKK 01:30 01:50 (+20)PEK 07:10 07:15 (+5)
10-26BKK 01:30 01:58 (+28)PEK 07:10 07:20 (+10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-5947, B-5916, B-6503, B-6513.

Board clocks recorded as BKK and PEK published them.

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