CI5138China Airlines · TPE → LAX
live · 17m ago
Route confirmed China Airlines

CI5138 TaipeiTPE · 13:50 Los AngelesLAX · 10:24

CI5138 by China Airlines flies from Taipei (TPE) to Los Angeles (LAX).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
13:50

scheduled from TPE

Typical gate push+27 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~25 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-11
+27 gate · +0 arrival
10-09
+2 arrival
10-04
+16 arrival
09-27
+27 gate · +0 arrival

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
TPETaipeiOn-time likelyTPE delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Taipei to Los Angeles flights today

same route · China Airlines
CI5118departs 02:50
CI5166departs 04:10
CI5382departs 11:00
CI5154departs 14:15
CI5162departs 18:00
CI5116departs 18:05

If CI5138 is cancelled, these are the other China Airlines nonstop flights from Taipei to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in TPE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How CI5138 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CI5138 across the TPE and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 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 CI5138 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
10-11TPE 13:50 14:17 (+27)LAX 10:24 (+0)
10-09TPE LAX 16:50 16:52 (+2)
10-04TPE LAX 12:30 12:46 (+16)
09-27TPE 13:50 14:17 (+27)LAX 10:24 (+0)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-18725, B-18719.

Board clocks recorded as TPE and LAX published them.

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