CZ438China Southern Airlines · ORD → PVG
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Route confirmed China Southern Airlines

CZ438 ChicagoORD · 01:45 ShanghaiPVG

CZ438 by China Southern Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Shanghai (PVG) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today · as of 02:07
01:45

departs ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push+97 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+154+308+462 min
11-04
+20 gate
11-01
+63 gate
10-30
+462 gate
10-28
+131 gate

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
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
ORD→PVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+15 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by ORD (Chicago), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Chicago

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 8°C to 11°C
Low6°Clikely 3°C to 8°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.

Tomorrow at Shanghai

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 20°C to 22°C
Low14°Clikely 12°C to 15°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
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Shanghai flights today

same route · China Southern Airlines
CZ428departs 01:00
CZ2508departs 02:30
CZ436departs 03:25
CZ5230departs 07:30
CZ2504departs 14:50
CZ2502departs 15:25

If CZ438 is cancelled, these are the other China Southern Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Shanghai on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD 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 CZ438 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CZ438 across the ORD and PVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~97 min late. Based on 4 confirmed departures · 0/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CZ438 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
11-04ORD 19:30 19:50 (+20)PVG
11-01ORD 17:40 18:43 (+63)PVG
10-30ORD 14:50 22:32 (+462)PVG
10-28ORD 18:00 20:11 (+131)PVG

Board clocks recorded as ORD and PVG published them.

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