DL281Delta Air Lines · SEA → PVG
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL281 SeattleSEA · 15:40 ShanghaiPVG · 19:55

DL281 by Delta Air Lines flies from Seattle (SEA) to Shanghai (PVG) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowOn time · gate A3
15:40

departs SEA · on schedule

Typical arrival−23 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+1 arrival
10-28
−30 arrival
10-27
−16 arrival
10-26
−42 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
SEASeattleOn-time likelySEA delay board →
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
SEA→PVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+4 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by PVG (Shanghai), 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 on this route

Forecast

Seattle to Shanghai with Delta Air Lines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
3.4%0.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
8.2%0.7× usual

Forecast weather: 31% chance of fog at Seattle

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Fewer than one departure a day on this route with this airline, so read it as a rough guide. · 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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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Seattle to Shanghai flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL9891departs 17:30

If DL281 is cancelled, this is the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flight from Seattle to Shanghai on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SEA 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 DL281 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL281 across the SEA and PVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed -30 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL281 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
10-29SEA 15:40PVG 19:55 19:56 (+1)
10-28SEA 15:40PVG 19:55 19:25 (−30)
10-27SEA 15:40PVG 19:55 19:39 (−16)
10-26SEA 15:40PVG 19:55 19:13 (−42)

Board clocks recorded as SEA and PVG published them.

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