MU5018China Eastern Airlines · HKG → SHA
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Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU5018 Hong KongHKG · 13:15 ShanghaiSHA · 15:25

MU5018 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Hong Kong (HKG) to Shanghai (SHA) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today
13:15

departs HKG · on schedule

Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+3 minmedian over 10 operations
Wins back in air~2 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+7 gate · +15 arrival
10-29
+11 gate · +12 arrival
10-28
+0 gate · −1 arrival
10-27
+0 gate · −5 arrival
10-26
+3 gate · +8 arrival
10-25
+3 gate · +5 arrival
10-24
−1 gate · −13 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 +3 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
SHAShanghaiModerate riskSHA delay board →
HKG→SHAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+1 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by SHA (Shanghai), 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 at Hong Kong

Forecast

Sun 1 Nov, local date

High29°Clikely 29°C to 30°C
Low26°Clikely 25°C to 27°C
Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%usually 0.6%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.3%usually 3.9%

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 440 departures a day. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Shanghai

Forecast

Sun 1 Nov, local date

High25°Clikely 22°C to 28°C
Low17°Clikely 14°C to 19°C
  • 76% chance of rain
Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.7%usually 5.9%

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

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 380 departures a day. · 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.

Other Hong Kong to Shanghai flights today

same route · China Eastern Airlines
MU722departs 11:55

If MU5018 is cancelled, this is the other China Eastern Airlines nonstop flight from Hong Kong to Shanghai on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HKG 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 MU5018 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU5018 across the HKG and SHA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 10/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how MU5018 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
10-30HKG 13:15 13:22 (+7)SHA 15:25 15:40 (+15)
10-29HKG 13:15 13:26 (+11)SHA 15:25 15:37 (+12)
10-28HKG 13:15 (+0)SHA 15:25 15:24 (−1)
10-27HKG 13:15 (+0)SHA 15:25 15:20 (−5)
10-26HKG 13:15 13:18 (+3)SHA 15:25 15:33 (+8)
10-25HKG 13:15 13:18 (+3)SHA 15:25 15:30 (+5)
10-24HKG 12:50 12:49 (−1)SHA 15:10 14:57 (−13)
10-23HKG 12:50 13:10 (+20)SHA 15:10 15:21 (+11)
10-22HKG 12:50 12:56 (+6)SHA 15:10 15:00 (−10)
10-21HKG 12:50 13:00 (+10)SHA 15:10 (+0)

Board clocks recorded as HKG and SHA published them.

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