MU709China Eastern Airlines · PVG → MAD
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Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU709 ShanghaiPVG · 00:50 MadridMAD · 08:00

MU709 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Shanghai (PVG) to Madrid (MAD) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowEn route to Madrid · off blocks 01:05 · 15 min late
En route

en route from PVG to MAD

En routeMU709 · position estimated
PVGShanghaiMADMadrid
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 01:05. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+19 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−15 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~34 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
10-28
+15 gate · −5 arrival
10-27
+19 gate · −5 arrival
10-26
+24 gate · −31 arrival
10-25
+15 gate · −15 arrival
10-24
+30 gate · −26 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 −15 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
MADMadridOn-time likelyMAD delay board →
PVG→MADevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.3%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PVG and MAD 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 Madrid with China Eastern Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.9%1.1× usual

Forecast weather: 74% chance of rain at Shanghai

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

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 1 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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 MU709 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU709 across the PVG and MAD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 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 MU709 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
10-28PVG 00:50 01:05 (+15)MAD 08:00 07:55 (−5)
10-27PVG 00:50 01:09 (+19)MAD 08:00 07:55 (−5)
10-26PVG 00:50 01:14 (+24)MAD 08:00 07:29 (−31)
10-25PVG 00:50 01:05 (+15)MAD 08:00 07:45 (−15)
10-24PVG 00:45 01:15 (+30)MAD 08:40 08:14 (−26)

Board clocks recorded as PVG and MAD published them.

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