CZ486China Southern Airlines · YYZ → PVG
live · 17m ago
Route confirmed China Southern Airlines

CZ486 TorontoYYZ · 22:40 ShanghaiPVG

CZ486 by China Southern Airlines flies from Toronto (YYZ) to Shanghai (PVG).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates Tue Thu Sat Sun
21:59

scheduled from YYZ

Typical gate push+17 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-20
+17 gate
10-17
+15 gate
10-15
+17 gate
10-10
+22 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
YYZTorontoOn-time likelyYYZ delay board →
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
YYZ→PVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.0%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by YYZ (Toronto), currently flying VFR (visual). 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.

Other Toronto to Shanghai flights

same route · China Southern Airlines
CZ488departs 22:13 · Sun, Tue, Thu, Sat

If CZ486 is cancelled, this is the other China Southern Airlines nonstop flight from Toronto to Shanghai, with scheduled departure times in YYZ local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How CZ486 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CZ486 across the YYZ and PVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs on time. Based on 4 confirmed departures · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CZ486 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
10-20YYZ 22:40 22:57 (+17)PVG
10-17YYZ 21:59 22:14 (+15)PVG
10-15YYZ 22:23 22:40 (+17)PVG
10-10YYZ 23:22 23:44 (+22)PVG

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-20EN, B-2026.

Board clocks recorded as YYZ and PVG published them.

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