CX238Cathay Pacific · LHR → HKG
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Route confirmed Cathay Pacific

CX238 LondonLHR · 16:50 Hong KongHKG · 13:20

CX238 by Cathay Pacific flies from London (LHR) to Hong Kong (HKG) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowLanded in Hong Kong · today
12:55

arrived at HKG · 25 min early

⚖ CX238 typically leaves +30 and lands +14. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
−25 arrival
10-27
+17 gate · −25 arrival
10-26
+28 gate · −12 arrival
10-25
+19 gate · −31 arrival
10-24
+26 gate · −26 arrival
10-23
+63 gate · +24 arrival
10-22
+41 gate · +17 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 +14 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonHigh riskLHR delay board →
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
LHR→HKGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+1 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LHR 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

London to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.9%0.7× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
9.1%0.8× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 5 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
061422
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T
W
T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other London to Hong Kong flights today

same route · Cathay Pacific
CX252departs 12:20
CX250departs 18:20
CX256departs 20:15
CX2252departs 21:00
CX254departs 22:15
CX225departs 22:30

If CX238 is cancelled, these are the other Cathay Pacific nonstop flights from London to Hong Kong on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LHR local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How CX238 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CX238 across the LHR and HKG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~16 min late. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 7/14 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 CX238 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
10-28LHR 16:50HKG 13:20 12:55 (−25)
10-27LHR 16:50 17:07 (+17)HKG 13:20 12:55 (−25)
10-26LHR 16:50 17:18 (+28)HKG 13:20 13:08 (−12)
10-25LHR 16:50 17:09 (+19)HKG 13:20 12:49 (−31)
10-24LHR 17:00 17:26 (+26)HKG 12:35 12:09 (−26)
10-23LHR 17:00 18:03 (+63)HKG 12:35 12:59 (+24)
10-22LHR 17:00 17:41 (+41)HKG 12:35 12:52 (+17)
10-21LHR 17:00 17:34 (+34)HKG 12:35 12:46 (+11)
10-20LHR 17:00 17:44 (+44)HKG 12:35 13:17 (+42)
10-19LHR 17:00 17:22 (+22)HKG 12:35 13:00 (+25)
10-18LHR 17:00 17:26 (+26)HKG 12:35 12:51 (+16)
10-17LHR 17:00 17:33 (+33)HKG 12:35 13:14 (+39)
10-16LHR 17:00 17:36 (+36)HKG 12:35 12:49 (+14)
10-15LHR 17:00 17:30 (+30)HKG 12:35 13:06 (+31)
10-14LHR 17:00 17:24 (+24)HKG 12:35 12:12 (−23)

Board clocks recorded as LHR and HKG published them.

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