MU256China Eastern Airlines · ZRH → PVG
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Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU256 ZurichZRH · 13:50 ShanghaiPVG · 08:00

MU256 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Zurich (ZRH) to Shanghai (PVG) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowLanded in Shanghai · today
07:20

arrived at PVG · 40 min early

Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+14 minmedian over 7 operations

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
−7 gate · −40 arrival
10-27
−6 gate · −56 arrival
10-25
+20 gate · −9 arrival
10-22
+24 gate · +41 arrival
10-20
+57 gate · +68 arrival
10-18
+3 gate · +14 arrival
10-16
+22 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 · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ZRHZurichHigh riskZRH delay board →
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
ZRH→PVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by ZRH (Zurich), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Shanghai with China Eastern Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.6%2.1× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.7%1.6× 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 MU256 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU256 across the ZRH and PVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min late. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 4/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how MU256 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
10-29ZRH 13:50 13:43 (−7)PVG 08:00 07:20 (−40)
10-27ZRH 13:50 13:44 (−6)PVG 08:00 07:04 (−56)
10-25ZRH 13:50 14:10 (+20)PVG 08:00 07:51 (−9)
10-22ZRH 14:05 14:29 (+24)PVG 06:40 07:21 (+41)
10-20ZRH 14:05 15:02 (+57)PVG 06:40 07:48 (+68)
10-18ZRH 14:05 14:08 (+3)PVG 06:40 06:54 (+14)
10-16ZRH PVG 06:40 07:02 (+22)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B304N, B307Y, B329E, B32D0.

Board clocks recorded as ZRH and PVG published them.

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