CX872Cathay Pacific · HKG → SFO
live · 34m ago
Route confirmed Cathay Pacific

CX872 Hong KongHKG · 00:55 San FranciscoSFO · 21:55

CX872 by Cathay Pacific flies from Hong Kong (HKG) to San Francisco (SFO) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowLanded in San Francisco · position data
21:45

landed at SFO · confirmed by live position

Typical gate push+2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+14 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+5 gate · −4 arrival
10-28
−1 gate · +8 arrival
10-27
−4 gate · +27 arrival
10-26
+4 gate · +20 arrival
10-25
+2 gate

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 · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
HKG→SFOevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+12 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at HKG and SFO 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

Fri 30 Oct, local date

High30°Clikely 29°C to 31°C
Low25°Clikely 24°C to 26°C
Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%usually 0.6%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.5%usually 3.9%

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 San Francisco

Forecast

Fri 30 Oct, local date

High18°Clikely 16°C to 20°C
Low13°Clikely 11°C to 15°C
Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%usually 0.5%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
6.9%usually 7.3%

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 1,910 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 San Francisco flights today

same route · Cathay Pacific
CX870departs 13:25

If CX872 is cancelled, this is the other Cathay Pacific nonstop flight from Hong Kong to San Francisco 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 CX872 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CX872 across the HKG and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 2/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CX872 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
10-29HKG 00:55 01:00 (+5)SFO 21:55 21:51 (−4)
10-28HKG 00:55 00:54 (−1)SFO 21:55 22:03 (+8)
10-27HKG 00:55 00:51 (−4)SFO 21:55 22:22 (+27)
10-26HKG 00:55 00:59 (+4)SFO 21:55 22:15 (+20)
10-25HKG 00:55 00:57 (+2)SFO

Board clocks recorded as HKG and SFO published them.

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