WK86Edelweiss Air · ZRH → CPT
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Route confirmed Edelweiss Air

WK86 ZurichZRH · 19:35 Cape TownCPT · 07:35

WK86 by Edelweiss Air flies from Zurich (ZRH) to Cape Town (CPT) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today
19:35

departs ZRH · on schedule

Typical gate push+6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~13 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
−3 gate · −13 arrival
10-23
+6 gate · −7 arrival
10-18
−2 gate · −10 arrival
10-16
+7 gate · +4 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
ZRHZurichOn-time likelyZRH delay board →
CPTCape TownOn-time likelyCPT delay board →
ZRH→CPTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
58%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+19 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by ZRH (Zurich), currently flying IFR (instrument). 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

Zurich to Cape Town with Edelweiss Air · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%0.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.6%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 39% chance of fog at Zurich

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.

Other Zurich to Cape Town flights

same route · Edelweiss Air
WK84departs 22:30 · Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri

If WK86 is cancelled, this is the other Edelweiss Air nonstop flight from Zurich to Cape Town, with scheduled departure times in ZRH local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WK86 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WK86 across the ZRH and CPT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 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 WK86 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-27ZRH 19:35 19:32 (−3)CPT 07:35 07:22 (−13)
10-23ZRH 09:35 09:41 (+6)CPT 20:55 20:48 (−7)
10-18ZRH 19:00 18:58 (−2)CPT 06:20 06:10 (−10)
10-16ZRH 09:35 09:42 (+7)CPT 20:55 20:59 (+4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: HB-IHA, HBIHA, HB-JMD, HBJMD.

Board clocks recorded as ZRH and CPT published them.

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