CZ690China Southern Airlines · LGW → CAN
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Route confirmed China Southern Airlines

CZ690 LondonLGW · 11:00 GuangzhouCAN · 05:40

CZ690 by China Southern Airlines flies from London (LGW) to Guangzhou (CAN) for the Sun, Oct 25 departure.

Right nowEn route to Guangzhou · off blocks 11:10 · 10 min late
En route

en route from LGW to CAN

En routeCZ690 · position estimated
LGWLondonCANGuangzhou
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 11:10 · typical taxi-out at LGW ≈ 12.8 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−26 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~46 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-25
+10 gate · −26 arrival
10-24
+10 gate · −26 arrival
10-23
+31 gate · −18 arrival
10-22
+20 gate · −43 arrival

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
LGWLondonModerate riskLGW delay board →
CANGuangzhouOn-time likelyCAN delay board →
LGW→CANevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
80%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+41 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LGW and CAN 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.

Other London to Guangzhou flights today

same route · China Southern Airlines
CZ8050departs 22:02

If CZ690 is cancelled, this is the other China Southern Airlines nonstop flight from London to Guangzhou on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LGW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How CZ690 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CZ690 across the LGW and CAN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~26 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 CZ690 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
10-25LGW 11:00 11:10 (+10)CAN 05:40 05:14 (−26)
10-24LGW 11:00 11:10 (+10)CAN 05:40 05:14 (−26)
10-23LGW 11:00 11:31 (+31)CAN 05:40 05:22 (−18)
10-22LGW 11:10 11:30 (+20)CAN 05:50 05:07 (−43)

Board clocks recorded as LGW and CAN published them.

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