HU491Hainan Airlines · PEK → BRU
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Route confirmed Hainan Airlines

HU491 BeijingPEK · 02:25 BrusselsBRU · 05:45

HU491 by Hainan Airlines flies from Beijing (PEK) to Brussels (BRU) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowLanded in Brussels · today
05:29

arrived at BRU · 16 min early

⚖ HU491 typically leaves +3 and lands −11. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−11 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~14 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation1 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+5 gate · −16 arrival
10-30
+0 gate · −15 arrival
10-29
+8 gate · −6 arrival
10-27
+0 gate · −11 arrival
10-26
+1 gate · −11 arrival
10-25
+13 gate · +14 arrival
10-24
+21 gate · +2 arrival

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

median arrival −11 min · 1 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PEKBeijingOn-time likelyPEK delay board →
BRUBrusselsOn-time likelyBRU delay board →
PEK→BRUevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.0%Chance of cancellation
+4 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by BRU (Brussels), currently flying LIFR (low instrument). 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

Beijing to Brussels with Hainan Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.3%1.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.9%1.1× usual

Forecast weather: 75% chance of fog at Brussels

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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How HU491 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for HU491 across the PEK and BRU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 9/9 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 HU491 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
10-31PEK 02:25 02:30 (+5)BRU 05:45 05:29 (−16)
10-30PEK 02:25 (+0)BRU 05:45 05:30 (−15)
10-29PEK 02:25 02:33 (+8)BRU 05:45 05:39 (−6)
10-27PEK 02:25 (+0)BRU 05:45 05:34 (−11)
10-26PEK 02:25 02:26 (+1)BRU 05:45 05:34 (−11)
10-25PEK 02:25 02:38 (+13)BRU 05:45 05:59 (+14)
10-24PEK 02:40 03:01 (+21)BRU 06:50 06:52 (+2)
10-23PEK 02:40 (+0)BRU 06:50 06:17 (−33)
10-22CANCELLED
10-21PEK BRU 06:50 06:37 (−13)

Board clocks recorded as PEK and BRU published them.

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