MU506China Eastern Airlines · HKG → PVG
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Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU506 Hong KongHKG · 20:05 ShanghaiPVG · 22:40

MU506 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Hong Kong (HKG) to Shanghai (PVG) for the Tue, Oct 20 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today
20:05

departs HKG · on schedule

⚖ MU506 typically leaves −6 and lands −16. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−16 minmedian over 10 operations
Wins back in air~10 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-19
−15 gate · −21 arrival
10-18
−6 gate · −14 arrival
10-17
−6 gate · −16 arrival
10-16
+5 gate · −8 arrival
10-15
−5 gate · −14 arrival
10-14
−5 gate · −16 arrival
10-13
−10 gate · −23 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 −16 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
HKG→PVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by PVG (Shanghai), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 →

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
MU726departs 07:30
MU724departs 09:45
MU502departs 12:50
MU596departs 12:50
MU508departs 15:05
MU510departs 17:05

If MU506 is cancelled, these are the other China Eastern Airlines nonstop flights from Hong Kong to Shanghai on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HKG local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How MU506 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU506 across the HKG and PVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~16 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 10/10 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 MU506 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
10-19HKG 20:05 19:50 (−15)PVG 22:40 22:19 (−21)
10-18HKG 20:05 19:59 (−6)PVG 22:40 22:26 (−14)
10-17HKG 20:05 19:59 (−6)PVG 22:40 22:24 (−16)
10-16HKG 20:05 20:10 (+5)PVG 22:40 22:32 (−8)
10-15HKG 20:05 20:00 (−5)PVG 22:40 22:26 (−14)
10-14HKG 20:05 20:00 (−5)PVG 22:40 22:24 (−16)
10-13HKG 20:05 19:55 (−10)PVG 22:40 22:17 (−23)
10-12HKG 20:05 20:11 (+6)PVG 22:40 22:31 (−9)
10-11HKG 20:05 19:56 (−9)PVG 22:40 22:14 (−26)
10-10HKG 20:05 19:58 (−7)PVG 22:40 22:24 (−16)
10-09HKG 20:05 20:03 (−2)PVG 22:40

Board clocks recorded as HKG and PVG published them.

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