CA985Air China · PEK → SFO
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Route confirmed Air China

CA985 BeijingPEK · 13:00 San FranciscoSFO · 09:30

CA985 by Air China flies from Beijing (PEK) to San Francisco (SFO) for the Sat, Nov 7 departure.

Right nowEn route to San Francisco · off blocks 13:32 · 32 min late
09:12

estimated arrival at SFO · local time · ~8h 25m from now

En routeCA985 · position estimated
PEKBeijingSFOSan Francisco
Estimated from the boardsarr 09:12

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 13:32. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+18 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−24 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~42 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-07
+32 gate · −18 arrival
11-04
+18 gate · +17 arrival
10-31
+10 gate · −69 arrival
10-28
+14 gate · −70 arrival
10-24
+26 gate · −24 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 −24 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PEKBeijingModerate riskPEK delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
PEK→SFOevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+10 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by SFO (San Francisco), 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

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High7°Clikely 5°C to 9°C
Low−1°Clikely −3°C to 1°C
  • 57% chance of snow
  • 92% 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.

Tomorrow at San Francisco

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 23°C
Low13°Clikely 12°C to 14°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 CA985 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CA985 across the PEK and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~46 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 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 CA985 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
11-07PEK 13:00 13:32 (+32)SFO 09:30 09:12 (−18)
11-04PEK 12:55 13:13 (+18)SFO 09:30 09:47 (+17)
10-31PEK 13:00 13:10 (+10)SFO 10:30 09:21 (−69)
10-28PEK 12:55 13:09 (+14)SFO 10:30 09:20 (−70)
10-24PEK 12:55 13:21 (+26)SFO 10:30 10:06 (−24)

Board clocks recorded as PEK and SFO published them.

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