CI161China Airlines · ICN → TPE
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Route confirmed China Airlines

CI161 SeoulICN · 12:45 TaipeiTPE · 14:15

CI161 by China Airlines flies from Seoul (ICN) to Taipei (TPE) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowLanded in Taipei · today
14:52

arrived at TPE · 37 min late

⚖ CI161 typically leaves +42 and lands +17. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-08
+37 arrival
09-07
+56 gate · +37 arrival
09-06
+32 gate · +12 arrival
09-05
+44 gate · +15 arrival
09-04
+44 gate · +17 arrival
09-03
+41 gate · +28 arrival
09-02
+36 gate · +15 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 +17 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ICNSeoulModerate riskICN delay board →
TPETaipeiOn-time likelyTPE delay board →
ICN→TPEevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.3%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ICN and TPE 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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.

Other Seoul to Taipei flights today

same route · China Airlines
CI2163departs 12:50
CI163departs 20:05

If CI161 is cancelled, these are the other China Airlines nonstop flights from Seoul to Taipei on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ICN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How CI161 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CI161 across the ICN and TPE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~23 min late. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 4/13 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 CI161 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
09-08ICN 12:45TPE 14:15 14:52 (+37)
09-07ICN 12:45 13:41 (+56)TPE 14:15 14:52 (+37)
09-06ICN 12:45 13:17 (+32)TPE 14:15 14:27 (+12)
09-05ICN 12:45 13:29 (+44)TPE 14:15 14:30 (+15)
09-04ICN 12:45 13:29 (+44)TPE 14:15 14:32 (+17)
09-03ICN 12:45 13:26 (+41)TPE 14:15 14:43 (+28)
09-02ICN 12:45 13:21 (+36)TPE 14:15 14:30 (+15)
09-01ICN 12:45 13:29 (+44)TPE 14:15 14:30 (+15)
08-31ICN 12:45 13:31 (+46)TPE 14:15 14:34 (+19)
08-30ICN 12:45 13:01 (+16)TPE 14:15 14:05 (−10)
08-29ICN 12:45 13:24 (+39)TPE 14:15 14:25 (+10)
08-28ICN 12:45 14:35 (+110)TPE 14:15 15:40 (+85)
08-27ICN 12:45 13:27 (+42)TPE 14:15 15:03 (+48)
08-26ICN 12:45 13:20 (+35)TPE

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-18306, B-18315, B-18307, B-18309.

Board clocks recorded as ICN and TPE published them.

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