CX749Cathay Pacific · HKG → JNB
updated 1h ago
Route confirmed Cathay Pacific

CX749 Hong KongHKG · 00:30 JohannesburgJNB · 07:25

CX749 by Cathay Pacific flies from Hong Kong (HKG) to Johannesburg (JNB) for the Sun, Nov 1 departure.

Right nowEn route to Johannesburg · off blocks 00:24 · 6 min early
07:14

estimated arrival at JNB · local time · ~50 min from now

En routeCX749 · position estimated
HKGHong KongJNBJohannesburg
Estimated from the boardsarr 07:14

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 00:24 · typical taxi-out at HKG ≈ 10.9 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ CX749 typically leaves +5 and lands −6. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~11 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-01
−6 gate · −11 arrival
10-31
+10 gate · −4 arrival
10-30
+2 gate · −7 arrival
10-29
+4 gate · +13 arrival
10-28
+9 gate · +6 arrival
10-27
+13 gate
10-26
+12 gate · −6 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 · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
JNBJohannesburgHigh riskJNB delay board →
HKG→JNBevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+4 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at HKG and JNB 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

Mon 2 Nov, local date

High31°Clikely 30°C to 31°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
2.8%usually 3.8%

Forecast: GateWeather · 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 Johannesburg

Forecast

Mon 2 Nov, local date

High25°Clikely 23°C to 27°C
Low16°Clikely 14°C to 18°C
  • 41% chance of thunder
  • 78% chance of rain
Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.6%usually 0.4%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.6%usually 3.0%

Weather behind it: 41% chance of thunder and 78% chance of rain at Johannesburg; 94% chance of rain at Durban, where 12% of departures go

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 170 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.

How CX749 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CX749 across the HKG and JNB boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 10/10 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 CX749 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
11-01HKG 00:30 00:24 (−6)JNB 07:25 07:14 (−11)
10-31HKG 00:30 00:40 (+10)JNB 07:25 07:21 (−4)
10-30HKG 00:30 00:32 (+2)JNB 07:25 07:18 (−7)
10-29HKG 00:30 00:34 (+4)JNB 07:25 07:38 (+13)
10-28HKG 00:30 00:39 (+9)JNB 07:25 07:31 (+6)
10-27HKG 00:30 00:43 (+13)JNB 07:25
10-26HKG 00:30 00:42 (+12)JNB 07:25 07:19 (−6)
10-25HKG 00:35 00:47 (+12)JNB 07:25 07:26 (+1)
10-24HKG 01:05 01:15 (+10)JNB 07:55 07:48 (−7)
10-23HKG 01:05 (+0)JNB 07:55
10-22HKG 01:05 01:07 (+2)JNB 07:55 07:57 (+2)
10-21HKG 01:05 (+0)JNB 07:45
10-20HKG 01:05 01:11 (+6)JNB 07:55 07:48 (−7)
10-19HKG 01:05 01:03 (−2)JNB 07:45 07:38 (−7)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-LRQ, B-LRM.

Board clocks recorded as HKG and JNB published them.

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