CI518China Airlines · PEK → TPE
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Route confirmed China Airlines

CI518 BeijingPEK · 20:20 TaipeiTPE · 23:40

CI518 by China Airlines flies from Beijing (PEK) to Taipei (TPE) for the Sat, Sep 26 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today · as of 06:18
20:20

departs PEK · on schedule

⚖ CI518 typically leaves +16 and lands −12. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~28 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
09-26
−22 arrival
09-24
+22 gate · −7 arrival
09-22
+11 gate · −9 arrival
09-20
+13 gate · −16 arrival
09-19
+7 gate · −22 arrival
09-17
+12 gate · −12 arrival
09-15
+16 gate · −13 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 −12 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PEKBeijingOn-time likelyPEK delay board →
TPETaipeiOn-time likelyTPE delay board →
PEK→TPEevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.0%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at PEK 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
061422
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T
W
T
F
S
S

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

Other Beijing to Taipei flights today

same route · China Airlines
CI1512departs 08:30
CI512departs 12:30

If CI518 is cancelled, these are the other China Airlines nonstop flights from Beijing to Taipei on the same day, 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 CI518 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CI518 across the PEK and TPE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 9/9 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 CI518 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
09-26PEK 20:20TPE 23:40 23:18 (−22)
09-24PEK 20:20 20:42 (+22)TPE 23:40 23:33 (−7)
09-22PEK 20:20 20:31 (+11)TPE 23:40 23:31 (−9)
09-20PEK 20:20 20:33 (+13)TPE 23:40 23:24 (−16)
09-19PEK 20:20 20:27 (+7)TPE 23:40 23:18 (−22)
09-17PEK 20:20 20:32 (+12)TPE 23:40 23:28 (−12)
09-15PEK 20:20 20:36 (+16)TPE 23:40 23:27 (−13)
09-13PEK 20:20 20:55 (+35)TPE 23:40 23:43 (+3)
09-12PEK 20:20 20:47 (+27)TPE 23:40 23:35 (−5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-18107, B-18109, B-18108, B-18110.

Board clocks recorded as PEK and TPE published them.

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