CX261Cathay Pacific · HKG → CDG
live · 19m ago
Route confirmed Cathay Pacific

CX261 Hong KongHKG · 00:05 ParisCDG · 07:55

CX261 by Cathay Pacific flies from Hong Kong (HKG) to Paris (CDG) for the Mon, Sep 21 departure.

Right nowLanded in Paris · today
08:02

arrived at CDG · 7 min late

⚖ CX261 typically leaves +2 and lands −15. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−15 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~17 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
09-21
+8 gate · +7 arrival
09-20
−5 gate · −31 arrival
09-19
−3 gate · −19 arrival
09-18
+11 gate · −10 arrival
09-17
+12 gate · +2 arrival
09-16
+1 gate · −13 arrival
09-15
+0 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 −15 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
CDGParisOn-time likelyCDG delay board →
HKG→CDGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+6 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at HKG and CDG 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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T
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How CX261 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CX261 across the HKG and CDG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 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 CX261 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
09-21HKG 00:05 00:13 (+8)CDG 07:55 08:02 (+7)
09-20HKG 00:05 00:00 (−5)CDG 07:55 07:24 (−31)
09-19HKG 00:05 00:02 (−3)CDG 07:55 07:36 (−19)
09-18HKG 00:05 00:16 (+11)CDG 07:55 07:45 (−10)
09-17HKG 00:05 00:17 (+12)CDG 07:55 07:57 (+2)
09-16HKG 00:05 00:06 (+1)CDG 07:55 07:42 (−13)
09-15HKG 00:05 (+0)CDG 07:55 07:40 (−15)
09-14HKG 00:05 00:07 (+2)CDG 07:55 07:28 (−27)
09-13HKG CDG 07:55 07:32 (−23)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-LXG, B-LXJ, B-LXI, B-LXH.

Board clocks recorded as HKG and CDG published them.

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