CZ3072China Southern Airlines · SYD → SZX
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Route confirmed China Southern Airlines

CZ3072 SydneySYD · 09:20 ShenzhenSZX · 17:05

CZ3072 by China Southern Airlines flies from Sydney (SYD) to Shenzhen (SZX) for the Mon, Oct 26 departure.

Right nowEn route to Shenzhen · off blocks 09:20 · on schedule
En route

en route from SYD to SZX

En routeCZ3072 · position estimated
SYDSydneySZXShenzhen
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 09:20 · typical taxi-out at SYD ≈ 9.1 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−42 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~42 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-26
+0 gate
10-24
+0 gate · −66 arrival
10-22
+0 gate · −42 arrival
10-19
+0 gate · −23 arrival
10-17
+0 gate · −44 arrival
10-15
+0 gate · −26 arrival
10-12
+0 gate · −49 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 −42 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
SZXShenzhenOn-time likelySZX delay board →
SYD→SZXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD and SZX 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 →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How CZ3072 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CZ3072 across the SYD and SZX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~42 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 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 CZ3072 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
10-26SYD 09:20 (+0)SZX
10-24SYD 09:45 (+0)SZX 17:05 15:59 (−66)
10-22SYD 09:45 (+0)SZX 16:55 16:13 (−42)
10-19SYD 09:45 (+0)SZX 16:55 16:32 (−23)
10-17SYD 09:45 (+0)SZX 17:05 16:21 (−44)
10-15SYD 09:45 (+0)SZX 16:55 16:29 (−26)
10-12SYD 09:45 (+0)SZX 16:55 16:06 (−49)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-8363, B-8365, B-8870, B-8366.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and SZX published them.

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