CA981Dalian Airlines · PEK → JFK
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Route confirmed Dalian Airlines

CA981 BeijingPEK · 19:35 New YorkJFK · 23:05

CA981 by Dalian Airlines flies from Beijing (PEK) to New York (JFK) for the Sat, Aug 22 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today · as of 05:22
19:35

departs PEK · on schedule

Typical gate push+29 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−34 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~63 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-22
−35 arrival
08-20
+23 gate · −24 arrival
08-19
+31 gate · −43 arrival
08-17
+25 gate · −34 arrival
08-16
+12 gate · −62 arrival
08-15
+36 gate · −35 arrival
08-13
+29 gate · −11 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −34 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PEKBeijingModerate riskPEK delay board →
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
PEK→JFKevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.4%Chance of cancellation
+17 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by JFK (New York), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 →

When it flies

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

How CA981 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CA981 across the PEK and JFK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~32 min early. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 8/8 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 CA981 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
08-22PEK 19:35JFK 23:05 22:30 (−35)
08-20PEK 19:35 19:58 (+23)JFK 23:05 22:41 (−24)
08-19PEK 19:25 19:56 (+31)JFK 23:05 22:22 (−43)
08-17PEK 19:35 20:00 (+25)JFK 23:05 22:31 (−34)
08-16PEK 19:35 19:47 (+12)JFK 23:05 22:03 (−62)
08-15PEK 19:35 20:11 (+36)JFK 23:05 22:30 (−35)
08-13PEK 19:35 20:04 (+29)JFK 23:05 22:54 (−11)
08-12PEK 19:25JFK 23:05 22:47 (−18)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-2485, B-2486, B-2487.

Board clocks recorded as PEK and JFK published them.

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