Direct flights from Shanghai (PVG) to Addis Ababa (ADD): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 25% of the last 8 operated flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. The median arrival is 24 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 8 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 8,831 km, an estimated 11 hours 49 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Shanghai and Addis Ababa. Updated 24 October 2026 at 02:07 UTC.
Left PVG at 00:40, 20 min after its 00:20 slot.
Landing estimate from 58,809 tracked flights of 8 hours or longer that left 15 to 29 min late. The ADD board has not posted a landing time yet. How planes make up time
Track ET685 →Checked PVG board 10:07 · ADD board 04:33
of the last 8 operated PVG → ADD flights arrived within 15 minutes
Median arrival delay is +24 min. 0 of 8 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Flights ET685 00:20 daily
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Current conditions put the pressure at PVG and ADD: 30% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +-2 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop PVG to ADD 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.
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Pro Flight Search — Shanghai (PVG) to Addis Ababa (ADD) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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Mostly on schedule. The departure side at PVG is the weaker end, route health score 74/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Great-circle distance is 8,831 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 653–787 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Ethiopian Airlines runs the route with about 7 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
A blend of departure-side delay at PVG and arrival-side delay at ADD, 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.
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