CA986Air China · SFO → PEK
live · 23m ago
Route confirmed Air China

CA986 San FranciscoSFO · 12:00 BeijingPEK · 18:15

CA986 by Air China flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Beijing (PEK) for the Sat, Nov 7 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today · as of 04:38
12:00

departs SFO · on schedule

Typical gate push+18 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+8 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~10 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-04
+10 gate · −35 arrival
10-31
+30 gate · +39 arrival
10-28
+18 gate · +8 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
SFOSan FranciscoHigh riskSFO delay board →
PEKBeijingOn-time likelyPEK delay board →
SFO→PEKevery 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 San Francisco

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 23°C
Low13°Clikely 11°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.

Tomorrow at Beijing

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High7°Clikely 6°C to 9°C
Low−1°Clikely −3°C to 1°C
  • 48% chance of snow
  • 90% 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.

How CA986 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CA986 across the SFO and PEK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed +20 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CA986 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
11-04SFO 12:00 12:10 (+10)PEK 18:15 17:40 (−35)
10-31SFO 13:00 13:30 (+30)PEK 18:00 18:39 (+39)
10-28SFO 13:00 13:18 (+18)PEK 18:15 18:23 (+8)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-2045.

Board clocks recorded as SFO and PEK published them.

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