CAN → SFOGuangzhou to San Francisco

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Direct flights from Guangzhou (CAN) to San Francisco (SFO): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 22 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 5 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 11,080 km, an estimated 14 hours 42 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Guangzhou and San Francisco. Updated 2 November 2026 at 11:24 UTC.

Today, CAN → SFO

Mon 2 Nov · local times
  1. 19:00 CZ659China Southern Airline Left 19:14 +14 ·

Checked CAN board 19:24 · SFO board 03:45

CAN Guangzhou smooth · +8
SFO San Francisco heavy · +34
11,080 km · ~14h 42m est.
dep bank 19:00–23:254x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
71 / 100

route health from live CAN and SFO delay boards

Median arrival delay is −22 min. 0 of 5 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival−22 minacross the last 4 arrivals
Flight time~14h 42mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
China Southern AirlineCZ

Flights CZ659 varies Mo Th · CZ657 varies Tu Sa

History

operated legs · board outcomes
11-02CZ659departed+14
10-31CZ657dep +13 → arr−11
10-29CZ659arrived−72
10-27CZ657dep +17 → arr−22
10-26CZ659dep +22 → arr−43

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
CANGuangzhou +8 min smooth 🌤 clear · NNW 10 kt Full CAN delay board →
SFOSan Francisco +34 min heavy 🌤 mostly cloudy · W 4 kt Full SFO delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at SFO: a 36% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +11 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Guangzhou to San Francisco route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop CAN to SFO flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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CAN to SFO questions

Is CAN–SFO running on time right now?

Mostly on schedule. The arrival side at SFO is the weaker end, route health score 71/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from CAN to SFO?

Great-circle distance is 11,080 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 812–980 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does CAN–SFO fly?

China Southern Airline runs the route with about 4 flights a week (mon, tue, thu, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at CAN and arrival-side delay at SFO, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.