MU587China Eastern Airlines · PVG → JFK
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Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU587 ShanghaiPVG · 11:30 New YorkJFK · 14:25

MU587 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Shanghai (PVG) to New York (JFK).

Right nowNext departure Sunday Operates Tue Sun
11:30

scheduled from PVG

Typical gate push+34 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−19 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~53 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-27
+34 gate · −41 arrival
10-25
+26 gate · −41 arrival
10-20
+45 gate · −19 arrival
10-18
+30 gate · −14 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
PVG→JFKevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PVG and JFK 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

Shanghai to New York with China Eastern Airlines · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
10%1.0× 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) · 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 MU587 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU587 across the PVG and JFK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~19 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 MU587 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
10-27PVG 11:30 12:04 (+34)JFK 14:25 13:44 (−41)
10-25PVG 11:30 11:56 (+26)JFK 14:25 13:44 (−41)
10-20PVG 11:30 12:15 (+45)JFK 14:25 14:06 (−19)
10-18PVG 11:30 12:00 (+30)JFK 14:25 14:11 (−14)

Board clocks recorded as PVG and JFK published them.

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