MU218China Eastern Airlines · GVA → PVG
live · 6m ago
Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU218 GenevaGVA · 10:55 ShanghaiPVG · 05:45

MU218 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Geneva (GVA) to Shanghai (PVG) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Shanghai
04:38

estimated arrival at PVG · local time · ~9h 43m from now

LivePosition · updated 6m ago
GVA5,608 mi · ~9h 43m leftPVG
29,500 ftAltitudeclimbing
580 mphSpeed504 kt
68°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 26 min

⚖ MU218 typically leaves +19 and lands −30. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+19 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−30 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~49 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-26
+13 gate · −75 arrival
10-24
+54 gate · −8 arrival
10-23
+19 gate · −23 arrival
10-22
+4 gate · −30 arrival
10-21
+10 gate · −31 arrival
10-20
+8 gate · −47 arrival
10-19
+23 gate · +0 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 −30 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
GVAGenevaOn-time likelyGVA delay board →
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
GVA→PVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at GVA and PVG 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

Geneva to Shanghai with China Eastern Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.8%0.4× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.9%1.0× usual

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

How MU218 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU218 across the GVA and PVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~30 min early. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 8/9 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 MU218 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
10-26GVA 10:35 10:48 (+13)PVG 05:45 04:30 (−75)
10-24GVA 12:00 12:54 (+54)PVG 05:45 05:37 (−8)
10-23GVA 12:00 12:19 (+19)PVG 05:30 05:07 (−23)
10-22GVA 12:00 12:04 (+4)PVG 05:30 05:00 (−30)
10-21GVA 12:00 12:10 (+10)PVG 05:30 04:59 (−31)
10-20GVA 12:00 12:08 (+8)PVG 05:30 04:43 (−47)
10-19GVA 12:00 12:23 (+23)PVG 05:30 (+0)
10-18GVA 12:00 13:43 (+103)PVG 05:30 06:20 (+50)
10-17GVA PVG 05:30 04:43 (−47)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B30CW, B323H, B306Y, B30FM.

Board clocks recorded as GVA and PVG published them.

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