MU281China Eastern Airlines · PVG → SGN
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Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU281 ShanghaiPVG · 21:50 Ho Chi Minh CitySGN

MU281 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Shanghai (PVG) to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today
21:50

departs PVG · on schedule

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+22 gate
10-29
+30 gate
10-28
+10 gate
10-27
+18 gate
10-26
+17 gate
10-25
+25 gate
10-24
+19 gate

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

0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PVGShanghaiModerate riskPVG delay board →
SGNHo Chi Minh CityOn-time likelySGN delay board →
PVG→SGNevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City with China Eastern Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
9.9%1.1× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

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
061422
M
T
W
T
F
S
S

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

Other Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City flights today

same route · China Eastern Airlines
MU7407departs 23:20
MU6023departs 23:55

If MU281 is cancelled, these are the other China Eastern Airlines nonstop flights from Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PVG 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 MU281 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU281 across the PVG and SGN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~20 min late. Based on 13 confirmed departures · 3/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how MU281 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
10-30PVG 21:50 22:12 (+22)SGN
10-29PVG 21:50 22:20 (+30)SGN
10-28PVG 21:50 22:00 (+10)SGN
10-27PVG 21:50 22:08 (+18)SGN
10-26PVG 21:50 22:07 (+17)SGN
10-25PVG 21:50 22:15 (+25)SGN
10-24PVG 22:15 22:34 (+19)SGN
10-23PVG 22:15 22:59 (+44)SGN
10-22PVG 22:15 22:40 (+25)SGN
10-21PVG 22:15 22:40 (+25)SGN
10-20PVG 22:15 22:30 (+15)SGN
10-19PVG 22:15 22:35 (+20)SGN
10-18PVG 22:15 22:27 (+12)SGN

Board clocks recorded as PVG and SGN published them.

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