CX506Cathay Pacific · HKG → KIX
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Route confirmed Cathay Pacific

CX506 Hong KongHKG · 10:45 OsakaKIX · 15:10

CX506 by Cathay Pacific flies from Hong Kong (HKG) to Osaka (KIX) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowLanded in Osaka · today
15:24

arrived at KIX · 14 min late

⚖ CX506 typically leaves +32 and lands +14. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+32 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+14 minmedian over 15 operations
Wins back in air~18 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+33+66+99 min
10-31
+8 gate · +14 arrival
10-30
+1 gate · +10 arrival
10-29
+99 gate · +99 arrival
10-28
−3 gate · −4 arrival
10-27
+34 gate · +1 arrival
10-26
+4 gate · +1 arrival
10-25
+32 gate · +43 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
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
KIXOsakaOn-time likelyKIX delay board →
HKG→KIXevery 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
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+2 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at HKG and KIX 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 Hong Kong

Forecast

Sun 1 Nov, local date

High30°Clikely 29°C to 30°C
Low26°Clikely 25°C to 27°C
Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%usually 0.6%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.0%usually 3.8%

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 440 departures a day. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Osaka

Forecast

Sun 1 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 20°C to 22°C
Low15°Clikely 14°C to 16°C
Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%usually 0.7%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.9%usually 2.8%

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 230 departures a day. · 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 Hong Kong to Osaka flights today

same route · Cathay Pacific
CX566departs 01:50
CX596departs 08:10
CX598departs 13:20
CX502departs 16:30

If CX506 is cancelled, these are the other Cathay Pacific nonstop flights from Hong Kong to Osaka on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HKG 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 CX506 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CX506 across the HKG and KIX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~29 min late. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 7/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CX506 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
10-31HKG 10:45 10:53 (+8)KIX 15:10 15:24 (+14)
10-30HKG 10:45 10:46 (+1)KIX 15:10 15:20 (+10)
10-29HKG 10:45 12:24 (+99)KIX 15:10 16:49 (+99)
10-28HKG 10:45 10:42 (−3)KIX 15:10 15:06 (−4)
10-27HKG 10:45 11:19 (+34)KIX 15:10 15:11 (+1)
10-26HKG 10:45 10:49 (+4)KIX 15:10 15:11 (+1)
10-25HKG 10:45 11:17 (+32)KIX 15:10 15:53 (+43)
10-24HKG 10:25 12:30 (+125)KIX 15:10 16:52 (+102)
10-23HKG 10:25 10:31 (+6)KIX 15:10 14:54 (−16)
10-22HKG 10:25 13:23 (+178)KIX 15:10 17:56 (+166)
10-21HKG 10:25 10:37 (+12)KIX 15:10 15:08 (−2)
10-20HKG 10:25 12:45 (+140)KIX 15:10 17:22 (+132)
10-19HKG 10:25 11:36 (+71)KIX 15:10 16:11 (+61)
10-18HKG 10:25 11:40 (+75)KIX 15:10 16:09 (+59)
10-17HKG 10:25 10:24 (−1)KIX 15:10 14:54 (−16)

Board clocks recorded as HKG and KIX published them.

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