CA1291Air China · PEK → URC
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Route confirmed Air China

CA1291 BeijingPEK · 15:25 ÜrümqiURC

CA1291 by Air China flies from Beijing (PEK) to Ürümqi (URC) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowEn route to Ürümqi · off blocks 15:41 · 16 min late
En route

en route from PEK to URC

En routeCA1291 · position estimated
PEKBeijingURCÜrümqi
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 15:41.

Typical gate push+17 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+58+115+173 min
10-31
+16 gate
10-30
+173 gate
10-26
+18 gate
10-25
+15 gate

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
PEKBeijingOn-time likelyPEK delay board →
URCÜrümqiOn-time likelyURC delay board →
PEK→URCevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Beijing to Ürümqi with Air China · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.6%2.0× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
8.3%0.7× usual

Forecast weather: gusts to 32 kt at Beijing

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 6 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
061422
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T
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T
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S
S

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Beijing to Ürümqi flights today

same route · Air China
CA1243departs 06:25
CA1251departs 07:35
CA1901departs 08:55
CA1253departs 10:40
CA1211departs 11:30
CA781departs 12:45

If CA1291 is cancelled, these are the other Air China nonstop flights from Beijing to Ürümqi on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PEK local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How CA1291 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CA1291 across the PEK and URC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~17 min late. Based on 4 confirmed departures · 1/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CA1291 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
10-31PEK 15:25 15:41 (+16)URC
10-30PEK 15:25 18:18 (+173)URC
10-26PEK 15:25 15:43 (+18)URC
10-25PEK 15:25 15:40 (+15)URC

Board clocks recorded as PEK and URC published them.

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Pro Flight Search: CA1291 Beijing to Ürümqi on-time performance, measured from the PEK and URC airport boards.

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