KL898KLM · PEK → AMS
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Route confirmed KLM

KL898 BeijingPEK · 11:50 AmsterdamAMS · 17:20

KL898 by KLM flies from Beijing (PEK) to Amsterdam (AMS) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowEn route to Amsterdam · off blocks 12:09 · 19 min late
En route

en route from PEK to AMS

En routeKL898 · position estimated
PEKBeijingAMSAmsterdam
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 12:09. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ KL898 typically leaves +19 and lands −15. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
+19 gate · −15 arrival
10-27
+19 gate · −15 arrival
10-25
+28 gate · +5 arrival
10-24
+17 gate · +1 arrival
10-23
CANCELLED
10-22
+22 gate · −11 arrival
10-20
+27 gate · −18 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 −15 min · 1 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PEKBeijingOn-time likelyPEK delay board →
AMSAmsterdamOn-time likelyAMS delay board →
PEK→AMSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
27%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.5%Chance of cancellation
+0 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PEK and AMS 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Beijing to Amsterdam with KLM · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.5%0.7× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.5%0.6× usual

Forecast weather: 30% chance of fog at Amsterdam

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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Beijing to Amsterdam flights

same route · KLM
KL890departs 17:00 · Sun, Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat

If KL898 is cancelled, this is the other KLM nonstop flight from Beijing to Amsterdam, with scheduled departure times in PEK local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How KL898 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for KL898 across the PEK and AMS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~13 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 11/12 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 KL898 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
10-28PEK 11:50 12:09 (+19)AMS 17:20 17:05 (−15)
10-27PEK 11:50 12:09 (+19)AMS 17:20 17:05 (−15)
10-25PEK 11:50 12:18 (+28)AMS 17:20 17:25 (+5)
10-24PEK 10:55 11:12 (+17)AMS 17:20 17:21 (+1)
10-23CANCELLED
10-22PEK 10:55 11:17 (+22)AMS 17:20 17:09 (−11)
10-20PEK 10:55 11:22 (+27)AMS 17:20 17:02 (−18)
10-19PEK 10:55 11:06 (+11)AMS 17:20 16:44 (−36)
10-18PEK 10:55 11:08 (+13)AMS 17:20 16:54 (−26)
10-17PEK 10:55 11:15 (+20)AMS 17:20 17:07 (−13)
10-16PEK 10:55 11:38 (+43)AMS 17:20 17:17 (−3)
10-15PEK 10:55 11:01 (+6)AMS 17:20 16:58 (−22)

Aircraft

Recent tails: PH-BVS, PH-BQM, PH-BHM, PH-BHI.

Board clocks recorded as PEK and AMS published them.

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