CX298Cathay Pacific · MAD → HKG
live · 24m ago
Route confirmed Cathay Pacific

CX298 MadridMAD · 22:30 Hong KongHKG · 18:00

CX298 by Cathay Pacific flies from Madrid (MAD) to Hong Kong (HKG) for the Sat, Nov 7 departure.

Right nowEn route to Hong Kong · off blocks 22:27 · 3 min early
18:00

estimated arrival at HKG · local time · ~5h 12m from now

En routeCX298 · position estimated
MADMadridHKGHong Kong
Estimated from the boardsarr 18:00

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 22:27. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+6 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+47+95+142 min
11-07
−3 gate
11-05
+6 gate · +20 arrival
11-02
+110 gate · +142 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
MADMadridOn-time likelyMAD delay board →
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
MAD→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
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+2 minTypical airport delay in this weather

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

Forecast

Mon 9 Nov, local date

High18°Clikely 16°C to 21°C
Low12°Clikely 9°C to 14°C
  • 96% 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 Hong Kong

Forecast

Mon 9 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 26°C to 28°C
Low22°Clikely 20°C to 23°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.

Other Madrid to Hong Kong flights today

same route · Cathay Pacific
CX372departs 11:20
CX9999departs 12:00

If CX298 is cancelled, these are the other Cathay Pacific nonstop flights from Madrid to Hong Kong on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MAD 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 CX298 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CX298 across the MAD and HKG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +81 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CX298 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
11-07MAD 22:30 22:27 (−3)HKG 18:00
11-05MAD 22:30 22:36 (+6)HKG 18:00 18:20 (+20)
11-02MAD 22:30 00:20 (+110)HKG 18:00 20:22 (+142)

Board clocks recorded as MAD and HKG published them.

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