FRA → CTAFrankfurt am Main to Catania

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Direct flights from Frankfurt am Main (FRA) to Catania (CTA): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 10 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 1,490 km, an estimated 2 hours 25 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Frankfurt am Main and Catania. Updated 20 October 2026 at 13:43 UTC.

Today, FRA → CTA

Tue 20 Oct · local times
  1. 06:00 LH306Lufthansa Left 07:50 +110 Landed 10:07 +97

Checked FRA board 15:43 · CTA board 15:08

FRA Frankfurt am Main heavy · +30
CTA Catania smooth · +1
1,490 km · ~2h 25m est.
dep bank 06:30–13:007x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
80 / 100

route health from live FRA and CTA delay boards

Median arrival delay is +10 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+10 minacross the last 3 operated legs
Flight time~2h 25mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Lufthansa

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
LufthansaLH

Flights LH306 varies daily · LH308 13:00 Mo We Fr Sa Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-20LH306dep +110 → arr+97
10-19LH306arrived−4
10-19LH308dep +20 → arr+10

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
FRAFrankfurt am Main +30 min heavy 🌤 clear · ENE 9 kt Full FRA delay board →
CTACatania +1 min smooth ⛅ mostly cloudy · NE 13 kt Full CTA delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at CTA: 37% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +4 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Frankfurt am Main to Catania route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop FRA to CTA 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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How we measure this →

FRA to CTA questions

Is FRA–CTA running on time right now?

Mostly on schedule. The departure side at FRA is the weaker end, route health score 80/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from FRA to CTA?

Great-circle distance is 1,490 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 135–158 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does FRA–CTA fly?

Lufthansa runs the route with about 12 flights a week (daily). 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 FRA and arrival-side delay at CTA, 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.