CA868Dalian Airlines · JNB → PEK
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Route confirmed Dalian Airlines

CA868 JohannesburgJNB · 10:10 BeijingPEK · 05:25

CA868 by Dalian Airlines flies from Johannesburg (JNB) to Beijing (PEK).

Same number through JNB → SZX → PEK

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
10:10

scheduled from JNB

Typical gate push+32 minmedian posted departure

The route today

live boards
JNBJohannesburgOn-time likelyJNB delay board →
PEKBeijingOn-time likelyPEK delay board →
JNB→PEKevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
30%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at JNB and PEK are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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

Johannesburg to Shenzhen with Dalian Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%1.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.5%0.9× usual

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.

How CA868 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CA868 across the JNB and PEK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~19 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 5/7 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 CA868 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
10-26JNB 10:10PEK
10-23JNB 10:10PEK
10-21JNB 10:10PEK
10-16JNB 10:10 10:42 (+32)PEK
10-14JNB 10:10 10:39 (+29)PEK

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-328Q, B-32DM, B-32EZ.

Board clocks recorded as JNB and PEK published them.

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