KM491KM Malta Airlines · ZRH → MLA
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Route confirmed KM Malta Airlines

KM491 ZurichZRH · 17:40 VallettaMLA · 20:00

KM491 by KM Malta Airlines flies from Zurich (ZRH) to Valletta (MLA) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today
17:40

departs ZRH · on schedule

⚖ KM491 typically leaves +13 and lands +8. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+8 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~5 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
−5 arrival
10-29
+3 gate · −5 arrival
10-28
−4 gate
10-27
−4 gate · −11 arrival
10-26
+14 gate · −15 arrival
10-25
+48 gate · +42 arrival
10-24
+19 gate · +9 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 +8 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ZRHZurichOn-time likelyZRH delay board →
MLAVallettaOn-time likelyMLA delay board →
ZRH→MLAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

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

Zurich to Valletta with KM Malta Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.8%0.5× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
1.6%0.8× usual

Forecast weather: 73% chance of rain at Valletta

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

Other Zurich to Valletta flights today

same route · KM Malta Airlines
KM3493departs 11:20

If KM491 is cancelled, this is the other KM Malta Airlines nonstop flight from Zurich to Valletta on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ZRH 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 KM491 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for KM491 across the ZRH and MLA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min late. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 11/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how KM491 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
10-30ZRH 17:40MLA 20:00 19:55 (−5)
10-29ZRH 17:40 17:43 (+3)MLA 20:00 19:55 (−5)
10-28ZRH 17:40 17:36 (−4)MLA
10-27ZRH 17:40 17:36 (−4)MLA 20:00 19:49 (−11)
10-26ZRH 17:40 17:54 (+14)MLA 20:00 19:45 (−15)
10-25ZRH 17:40 18:28 (+48)MLA 20:00 20:42 (+42)
10-24ZRH 17:40 17:59 (+19)MLA 19:55 20:04 (+9)
10-23ZRH 18:15 18:28 (+13)MLA 20:30 20:39 (+9)
10-22ZRH 17:40 17:54 (+14)MLA 19:55 20:04 (+9)
10-21ZRH 18:15 18:28 (+13)MLA 20:30 20:42 (+12)
10-20ZRH 17:40 17:41 (+1)MLA 19:55 19:54 (−1)
10-19ZRH 18:15 18:18 (+3)MLA 20:30 20:29 (−1)
10-18ZRH 18:15 18:23 (+8)MLA 20:30 20:36 (+6)
10-17ZRH 17:40 18:43 (+63)MLA 19:55 20:48 (+53)
10-16ZRH 18:15 18:31 (+16)MLA 20:30 20:42 (+12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: 9H-NEC, 9HNEC, 9HNEG, 9H-NEB.

Board clocks recorded as ZRH and MLA published them.

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