CX162Cathay Pacific · SYD → HKG
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Route confirmed Cathay Pacific

CX162 SydneySYD · 11:05 Hong KongHKG · 17:25

CX162 by Cathay Pacific flies from Sydney (SYD) to Hong Kong (HKG) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today · as of 05:48
11:05

departs SYD · on schedule

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
+0 gate · −15 arrival
10-27
+25 gate · +86 arrival
10-26
+0 gate · −6 arrival
10-25
+0 gate · −22 arrival
10-24
+0 gate · −34 arrival
10-23
+0 gate · −6 arrival
10-22
+0 gate · +20 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 −6 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyModerate riskSYD delay board →
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
SYD→HKGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD and HKG are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, 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 on this route

Forecast

Sydney to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%1.0× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.5%1.4× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 4 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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 Sydney to Hong Kong flights today

same route · Cathay Pacific
CX110departs 08:40
CX100departs 15:05
CX138departs 22:20

If CX162 is cancelled, these are the other Cathay Pacific nonstop flights from Sydney to Hong Kong on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SYD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How CX162 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CX162 across the SYD and HKG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 5/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CX162 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
10-28SYD 11:05 (+0)HKG 17:25 17:10 (−15)
10-27SYD 11:05 11:30 (+25)HKG 17:25 18:51 (+86)
10-26SYD 11:05 (+0)HKG 17:25 17:19 (−6)
10-25SYD 11:05 (+0)HKG 17:25 17:03 (−22)
10-24SYD 11:10 (+0)HKG 17:45 17:11 (−34)
10-23SYD 11:10 (+0)HKG 17:45 17:39 (−6)
10-22SYD 11:10 (+0)HKG 17:45 18:05 (+20)

Board clocks recorded as SYD and HKG published them.

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