HX81Hong Kong Airlines · YVR → HKG
live · 52m ago
Route confirmed Hong Kong Airlines

HX81 VancouverYVR · 01:05 Hong KongHKG · 06:45

HX81 by Hong Kong Airlines flies from Vancouver (YVR) to Hong Kong (HKG) for the Mon, Nov 2 departure.

Right nowEn route to Hong Kong · off blocks 01:45 · 40 min late
06:45

estimated arrival at HKG · local time · ~5h 28m from now

En routeHX81 · position estimated
YVRVancouverHKGHong Kong
Estimated from the boardsarr 06:45

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 01:45 · typical taxi-out at YVR ≈ 8.9 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ HX81 typically leaves +18 and lands −13. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+18 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−13 minmedian over 10 operations
Wins back in air~31 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-02
+40 gate
11-01
+24 gate · −5 arrival
10-31
+30 gate · −10 arrival
10-30
+21 gate · −32 arrival
10-29
+18 gate · −37 arrival
10-28
+10 gate · −52 arrival
10-26
+33 gate · +25 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 −13 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
YVRVancouverHigh riskYVR delay board →
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
YVR→HKGevery 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
4.4%Chance of cancellation
+14 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by YVR (Vancouver), currently flying IFR (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 at Vancouver

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High12°Clikely 11°C to 13°C
Low7°Clikely 5°C to 9°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Hong Kong

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High29°Clikely 28°C to 30°C
Low26°Clikely 25°C to 27°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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.

Other Vancouver to Hong Kong flights today

same route · Hong Kong Airlines
HX83departs 10:45

If HX81 is cancelled, this is the other Hong Kong Airlines nonstop flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong on the same day, with scheduled departure times in YVR 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 HX81 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for HX81 across the YVR and HKG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~13 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 9/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how HX81 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
11-02YVR 01:05 01:45 (+40)HKG 06:45
11-01YVR 01:05 01:29 (+24)HKG 06:45 06:40 (−5)
10-31YVR 01:05 01:35 (+30)HKG 06:45 06:35 (−10)
10-30YVR 01:05 01:26 (+21)HKG 06:45 06:13 (−32)
10-29YVR 01:05 01:23 (+18)HKG 06:45 06:08 (−37)
10-28YVR 01:05 01:15 (+10)HKG 06:45 05:53 (−52)
10-26YVR 01:05 01:38 (+33)HKG 06:45 07:10 (+25)
10-24YVR 01:30 01:36 (+6)HKG 07:00 06:43 (−17)
10-22YVR 01:30 01:46 (+16)HKG 07:00 06:53 (−7)
10-20YVR 01:30 01:43 (+13)HKG 07:00 06:42 (−18)
10-19YVR 01:30 01:46 (+16)HKG 07:00 06:57 (−3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-LHR, B-LHL, B-LHI, B-LHP.

Board clocks recorded as YVR and HKG published them.

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