JL987Japan Airlines · HND → OKA
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Route confirmed Japan Airlines

JL987 TokyoHND · 11:30 NahaOKA · 14:10

JL987 by Japan Airlines flies from Tokyo (HND) to Naha (OKA) for the Fri, Oct 16 departure.

Right nowEn route to Naha · off blocks 11:53 · 23 min late
En route

en route from HND to OKA

En routeJL987 · position estimated
HNDTokyoOKANaha
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 11:53 · typical taxi-out at HND ≈ 12.9 min.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-16
+23 gate · +24 arrival
10-15
+9 gate · +13 arrival
10-14
+25 gate · +23 arrival
10-13
+25 gate · +28 arrival
10-12
+30 gate · +35 arrival
10-11
+36 gate · +36 arrival
10-10
+31 gate · +35 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 +24 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HNDTokyoOn-time likelyHND delay board →
OKANahaOn-time likelyOKA delay board →
HND→OKAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.4%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at HND and OKA are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, 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 →

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 Tokyo to Naha flights today

same route · Japan Airlines
JL901departs 06:30
JL903departs 07:20
JL905departs 08:05
JL907departs 08:40
JL991departs 08:40
JL909departs 09:40

If JL987 is cancelled, these are the other Japan Airlines nonstop flights from Tokyo to Naha on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HND local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How JL987 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JL987 across the HND and OKA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~24 min late. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 4/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JL987 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
10-16HND 11:30 11:53 (+23)OKA 14:10 14:34 (+24)
10-15HND 11:30 11:39 (+9)OKA 14:10 14:23 (+13)
10-14HND 11:30 11:55 (+25)OKA 14:10 14:33 (+23)
10-13HND 11:30 11:55 (+25)OKA 14:10 14:38 (+28)
10-12HND 11:30 12:00 (+30)OKA 14:10 14:45 (+35)
10-11HND 11:30 12:06 (+36)OKA 14:10 14:46 (+36)
10-10HND 11:30 12:01 (+31)OKA 14:10 14:45 (+35)
10-09HND 11:30 11:56 (+26)OKA 14:10 14:36 (+26)
10-08HND 11:30 11:52 (+22)OKA 14:10 14:31 (+21)
10-07HND 11:30 11:45 (+15)OKA 14:10 14:24 (+14)
10-06HND 11:30 11:34 (+4)OKA 14:10 14:20 (+10)
10-05HND 11:30 11:55 (+25)OKA 14:10 14:43 (+33)
10-04HND 11:30 11:49 (+19)OKA 14:10 14:34 (+24)
10-03HND 11:30 11:45 (+15)OKA 14:10 14:17 (+7)
10-02HND 11:30 13:45 (+135)OKA 14:10 16:19 (+129)

Board clocks recorded as HND and OKA published them.

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