CX171Cathay Pacific · HKG → PER
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Route confirmed Cathay Pacific

CX171 Hong KongHKG · 15:00 PerthPER · 22:40

CX171 by Cathay Pacific flies from Hong Kong (HKG) to Perth (PER) for the Sun, Oct 11 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today · as of 07:09
15:00

departs HKG · on schedule

⚖ CX171 typically leaves +9 and lands −12. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 10 operations
Wins back in air~21 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-11
−28 arrival
10-10
+41 gate · +14 arrival
10-09
−2 gate
10-08
+9 gate
10-07
+32 gate · +15 arrival
10-06
+12 gate · −13 arrival
10-05
−2 gate · −36 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 · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
PERPerthOn-time likelyPER delay board →
HKG→PERevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at HKG and PER 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 Hong Kong to Perth flights today

same route · Cathay Pacific
CX143departs 23:15

If CX171 is cancelled, this is the other Cathay Pacific nonstop flight from Hong Kong to Perth on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HKG local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How CX171 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CX171 across the HKG and PER boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 7/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CX171 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
10-11HKG 15:00PER 22:40 22:12 (−28)
10-10HKG 15:00 15:41 (+41)PER 22:40 22:54 (+14)
10-09HKG 15:00 14:58 (−2)PER 22:40
10-08HKG 15:00 15:09 (+9)PER 22:40
10-07HKG 15:00 15:32 (+32)PER 22:40 22:55 (+15)
10-06HKG 15:00 15:12 (+12)PER 22:40 22:27 (−13)
10-05HKG 15:00 14:58 (−2)PER 22:40 22:04 (−36)
10-04HKG 15:00 15:02 (+2)PER 22:40 22:12 (−28)
10-03HKG 15:00 14:56 (−4)PER 22:40
10-02HKG 15:00 15:22 (+22)PER 22:40 22:39 (−1)
10-01HKG 15:00 15:15 (+15)PER 22:40
09-30HKG 15:00 15:08 (+8)PER 22:40 22:26 (−14)
09-29HKG 15:00 15:20 (+20)PER 22:40 (+0)
09-28HKG 15:00 15:05 (+5)PER 22:40
09-27HKG 15:00 15:09 (+9)PER 22:40 22:28 (−12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-LRP, B-LRB, B-LQE, B-LQH.

Board clocks recorded as HKG and PER published them.

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