FA840FlySafair · CPT → BFN
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Route confirmed FlySafair

FA840 Cape TownCPT · 06:30 BloemfonteinBFN

FA840 by FlySafair flies from Cape Town (CPT) to Bloemfontein (BFN) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowEn route to Bloemfontein · off blocks 06:41 · 11 min late
En route

en route from CPT to BFN

En routeFA840 · position estimated
CPTCape TownBFNBloemfontein
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 06:41 · typical taxi-out at CPT ≈ 5 min.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
+11 gate
10-26
+16 gate
10-23
+14 gate
10-22
+14 gate
10-21
+7 gate
10-20
+9 gate
10-19
+15 gate

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CPTCape TownOn-time likelyCPT delay board →
BFNBloemfonteinOn-time likelyBFN delay board →
CPT→BFNevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Cape Town to Bloemfontein with FlySafair · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
1.6%0.9× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 1 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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
W
T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Cape Town to Bloemfontein flights today

same route · FlySafair
FA844departs 07:40
FA842departs 12:50

If FA840 is cancelled, these are the other FlySafair nonstop flights from Cape Town to Bloemfontein on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CPT local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How FA840 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for FA840 across the CPT and BFN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~14 min late. Based on 10 confirmed departures · 8/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how FA840 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
10-28CPT 06:30 06:41 (+11)BFN
10-26CPT 06:30 06:46 (+16)BFN
10-23CPT 06:30 06:44 (+14)BFN
10-22CPT 06:30 06:44 (+14)BFN
10-21CPT 06:30 06:37 (+7)BFN
10-20CPT 06:30 06:39 (+9)BFN
10-19CPT 06:30 06:45 (+15)BFN
10-16CPT 06:30 06:37 (+7)BFN
10-15CPT 06:30 06:45 (+15)BFN
10-14CPT 06:30 06:48 (+18)BFN

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZS-FGS, ZS-SJH, ZS-FGJ, ZS-SJK.

Board clocks recorded as CPT and BFN published them.

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