MU280China Eastern Airlines · CTS → PVG
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Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU280 SapporoCTS · 13:30 ShanghaiPVG · 17:10

MU280 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Sapporo (CTS) to Shanghai (PVG) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate 69
13:30

departs CTS · on schedule

⚖ MU280 typically leaves +35 and lands −10. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+35 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~45 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
10-27
+5 gate · −53 arrival
10-26
+12 gate · −62 arrival
10-25
+85 gate · +69 arrival
10-23
+35 gate · −10 arrival
10-21
+89 gate · +57 arrival
10-18
+30 gate · +6 arrival
10-16
+40 gate · −14 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 −10 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CTSSapporoOn-time likelyCTS delay board →
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
CTS→PVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
25%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+1 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CTS 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

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

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.1%0.9× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.0%0.9× usual

Forecast weather: 48% chance of snow and 86% chance of rain at Sapporo

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 MU280 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU280 across the CTS and PVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 6/8 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 MU280 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-27CTS 13:30 13:35 (+5)PVG 17:10 16:17 (−53)
10-26CTS 13:30 13:42 (+12)PVG 17:10 16:08 (−62)
10-25CTS 13:30 14:55 (+85)PVG 17:10 18:19 (+69)
10-23CTS 13:30 14:05 (+35)PVG 16:50 16:40 (−10)
10-21CTS 13:30 14:59 (+89)PVG 16:50 17:47 (+57)
10-18CTS 13:30 14:00 (+30)PVG 16:50 16:56 (+6)
10-16CTS 13:30 14:10 (+40)PVG 16:50 16:36 (−14)
10-14CTS 13:30 13:38 (+8)PVG 16:50 16:16 (−34)

Board clocks recorded as CTS and PVG published them.

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