FA159 East LondonELS Cape TownCPT · 11:50
FA159 by FlySafair flies from East London (ELS) to Cape Town (CPT).
scheduled from ELS
Where the minutes go
last 3 operations · gate push → arrivalThe bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.
The route today
live boardsTomorrow at Cape Town
ForecastMon 2 Nov, local date
- Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
- 2.6%usually 2.2%
Weather behind it: 41% chance of thunder and 78% chance of rain at Johannesburg, where 38% of departures go; 94% chance of rain at Durban, where 9% of departures go
No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.
Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 110 departures a day. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.
When it flies
scheduled departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
How FA159 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for FA159 across the ELS and CPT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed -8 min. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how FA159 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: ZS-FGJ, ZS-ZWY, ZS-ZWA.
Board clocks recorded as ELS and CPT published them.
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Pro Flight Search: FA159 East London to Cape Town on-time performance, measured from the ELS and CPT airport boards.
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