MU590China Eastern Airlines · SFO → PVG
live · 28m ago
Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU590 San FranciscoSFO · 12:00 ShanghaiPVG · 17:00

MU590 by China Eastern Airlines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Shanghai (PVG) for the Tue, Oct 20 departure.

Right nowEn route to Shanghai · off blocks 12:02 · 2 min late
En route

en route from SFO to PVG

En routeMU590 · position estimated
SFOSan FranciscoPVGShanghai
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 12:02 · typical taxi-out at SFO ≈ 13 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−23 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~25 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
10-20
+2 gate
10-19
+2 gate · −23 arrival
10-17
−4 gate · −52 arrival
10-15
+9 gate · +16 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
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
SFO→PVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+15 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by SFO (San Francisco), currently flying VFR (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.

How MU590 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU590 across the SFO and PVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~23 min early. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 2/3 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 MU590 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
10-20SFO 12:00 12:02 (+2)PVG
10-19SFO 12:00 12:02 (+2)PVG 17:00 16:37 (−23)
10-17SFO 12:00 11:56 (−4)PVG 17:00 16:08 (−52)
10-15SFO 12:00 12:09 (+9)PVG 17:00 17:16 (+16)

Board clocks recorded as SFO and PVG published them.

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