CA987 BeijingPEK · 13:30 Los AngelesLAX · 11:00
CA987 by Dalian Airlines flies from Beijing (PEK) to Los Angeles (LAX).
scheduled from PEK
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at PEK and LAX 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 →
When it flies
scheduled departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Beijing to Los Angeles flights
same route · Dalian AirlinesIf CA987 is cancelled, this is the other Dalian Airlines nonstop flight from Beijing to Los Angeles, with scheduled departure times in PEK local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →
How CA987 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CA987 across the PEK and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left noticeably late (~33 min) but landed about 38 min early. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CA987 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: B-2089, B-2088.
Board clocks recorded as PEK and LAX published them.
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Pro Flight Search — CA987 Beijing to Los Angeles on-time performance, measured from the PEK and LAX airport boards.
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