MU209China Eastern Airlines · PVG → AMS
live · 7m ago
Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU209 ShanghaiPVG · 09:00 AmsterdamAMS · 14:55

MU209 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Shanghai (PVG) to Amsterdam (AMS) for the Wed, Oct 21 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Amsterdam · off blocks 09:11 · 11 min late
14:50

estimated arrival at AMS · local time · ~51 min from now

LivePosition · updated 7m ago
AMS397 mi · ~51 min leftPVG
38,000 ftAltitudecruising
479 mphSpeed416 kt
237°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 5h 44m

⚖ MU209 typically leaves +24 and lands +14. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+34+68+102 min
10-21
+11 gate · +2 arrival
10-19
+72 gate · +33 arrival
10-18
+102 gate · +85 arrival
10-17
+45 gate · +65 arrival
10-16
+55 gate · +41 arrival
10-14
+22 gate · +2 arrival
10-12
+24 gate · −4 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 +14 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PVGShanghaiModerate riskPVG delay board →
AMSAmsterdamOn-time likelyAMS delay board →
PVG→AMSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
29%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.8%Chance of cancellation
-1 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PVG 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 →

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 Shanghai to Amsterdam flights today

same route · China Eastern Airlines
MU771departs 12:30

If MU209 is cancelled, this is the other China Eastern Airlines nonstop flight from Shanghai to Amsterdam on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PVG local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How MU209 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU209 across the PVG and AMS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min late. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 7/11 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 MU209 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
10-21PVG 09:00 09:11 (+11)AMS 14:55 14:57 (+2)
10-19PVG 09:00 10:12 (+72)AMS 14:55 15:28 (+33)
10-18PVG 09:00 10:42 (+102)AMS 14:55 16:20 (+85)
10-17PVG 09:00 09:45 (+45)AMS 14:55 16:00 (+65)
10-16PVG 09:00 09:55 (+55)AMS 14:55 15:36 (+41)
10-14PVG 09:00 09:22 (+22)AMS 14:55 14:57 (+2)
10-12PVG 09:00 09:24 (+24)AMS 14:55 14:51 (−4)
10-11PVG 09:00 09:20 (+20)AMS 14:55 15:10 (+15)
10-10PVG 09:00 09:25 (+25)AMS 14:55 15:09 (+14)
10-09PVG 09:00 09:16 (+16)AMS 14:55 15:00 (+5)
10-07PVG 09:00 09:24 (+24)AMS 14:55 15:06 (+11)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-5938, B-5943, B-8226, B-5975.

Board clocks recorded as PVG and AMS published them.

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