MU5303China Eastern Airlines · SHA → CAN
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Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU5303 ShanghaiSHA · 11:30 GuangzhouCAN · 13:40

MU5303 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Shanghai (SHA) to Guangzhou (CAN) for the Mon, Oct 19 departure.

Right nowEn route to Guangzhou · off blocks 11:57 · 27 min late
En route

en route from SHA to CAN

En routeMU5303 · position estimated
SHAShanghaiCANGuangzhou
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 11:57.

Typical gate push+27 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+8 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-19
+27 gate · +9 arrival
10-18
+29 gate · +8 arrival
10-17
+25 gate · +19 arrival
10-16
+18 gate · +2 arrival
10-15
+4 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 +8 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SHAShanghaiModerate riskSHA delay board →
CANGuangzhouOn-time likelyCAN delay board →
SHA→CANevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
28%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by SHA (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 Shanghai to Guangzhou flights today

same route · China Eastern Airlines
MU4573departs 09:30
MU8413departs 09:35
MU5309departs 10:00
MU5301departs 10:30
MU5305departs 12:30
MU5307departs 14:30

If MU5303 is cancelled, these are the other China Eastern Airlines nonstop flights from Shanghai to Guangzhou on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SHA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How MU5303 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU5303 across the SHA and CAN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 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 MU5303 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
10-19SHA 11:30 11:57 (+27)CAN 13:40 13:49 (+9)
10-18SHA 11:30 11:59 (+29)CAN 13:40 13:48 (+8)
10-17SHA 11:30 11:55 (+25)CAN 13:40 13:59 (+19)
10-16SHA 11:30 11:48 (+18)CAN 13:40 13:42 (+2)
10-15SHA CAN 13:40 13:44 (+4)

Board clocks recorded as SHA and CAN published them.

Planning around MU5303? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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