CA981Air China · PEK → JFK
live · 13m ago
Route confirmed Air China

CA981 BeijingPEK · 20:00 New YorkJFK · 22:10

CA981 by Air China flies from Beijing (PEK) to New York (JFK) for the Sat, Nov 7 departure.

Right nowEn route to New York · off blocks 20:17 · 17 min late
20:48

estimated arrival at JFK · local time · ~8h 56m from now

En routeCA981 · position estimated
PEKBeijingJFKNew York
Estimated from the boardsarr 20:48

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 20:17. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ CA981 typically leaves +20 and lands −76. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−76 minmedian over 12 operations
Wins back in air~96 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
11-08
+20 gate · −82 arrival
11-07
+17 gate · −82 arrival
11-05
+27 gate · −41 arrival
11-04
+14 gate · −36 arrival
11-02
+13 gate · −82 arrival
11-01
+20 gate · −73 arrival
10-31
+22 gate · −68 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 −76 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PEKBeijingModerate riskPEK delay board →
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
PEK→JFKevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
30%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.0%Chance of cancellation
+1 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by JFK (New York), currently flying VFR (visual). 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 8°C to 13°C
Low−4°Clikely −6°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.

Tomorrow at New York

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High16°Clikely 14°C to 17°C
Low8°Clikely 7°C to 10°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
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Beijing to New York flights today

same route · Air China
CA621departs 15:30

If CA981 is cancelled, this is the other Air China nonstop flight from Beijing to New York on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PEK 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 CA981 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CA981 across the PEK and JFK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~70 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 10/10 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 CA981 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 19:45 20:05 (+20)JFK 22:10 20:48 (−82)
11-07PEK 20:00 20:17 (+17)JFK 22:10 20:48 (−82)
11-05PEK 20:00 20:27 (+27)JFK 22:10 21:29 (−41)
11-04PEK 19:45 19:59 (+14)JFK 22:10 21:34 (−36)
11-02PEK 19:45 19:58 (+13)JFK 22:10 20:48 (−82)
11-01PEK 19:45 20:05 (+20)JFK 22:10 20:57 (−73)
10-31PEK 20:00 20:22 (+22)JFK 23:10 22:02 (−68)
10-29PEK 20:00 20:36 (+36)JFK 23:10 22:28 (−42)
10-28PEK 19:45 19:56 (+11)JFK 23:10 21:51 (−79)
10-26PEK 19:45 20:05 (+20)JFK 23:10 21:41 (−89)
10-25PEK 19:45 20:08 (+23)JFK 23:10 21:49 (−81)
10-24PEK 19:35 19:44 (+9)JFK 23:10 22:12 (−58)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-2486.

Board clocks recorded as PEK and JFK published them.

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