CX526Cathay Pacific · HKG → NRT
live · 7m ago
Route confirmed Cathay Pacific

CX526 Hong KongHKG · 08:15 TokyoNRT · 13:10

CX526 by Cathay Pacific flies from Hong Kong (HKG) to Tokyo (NRT) for the Wed, Nov 11 departure.

Right nowEn route to Tokyo · off blocks 08:18 · 3 min late
13:10

estimated arrival at NRT · local time · ~3h 00m from now

En routeCX526 · position estimated
HKGHong KongNRTTokyo
Estimated from the boardsarr 13:10

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 08:18 · typical taxi-out at HKG ≈ 10.8 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ CX526 typically leaves +5 and lands +0. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~5 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-11
+3 gate
11-10
+0 gate · −14 arrival
11-09
+8 gate · +14 arrival
11-08
+5 gate · +0 arrival
11-07
+13 gate · +9 arrival
11-06
+7 gate · −3 arrival
11-05
+6 gate · +2 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
NRTTokyoOn-time likelyNRT delay board →
HKG→NRTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
29%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
-1 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at HKG and NRT are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at Hong Kong

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High28°Clikely 26°C to 29°C
Low22°Clikely 20°C to 23°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Tokyo

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High18°Clikely 16°C to 19°C
Low6°Clikely 4°C to 8°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

Other Hong Kong to Tokyo flights today

same route · Cathay Pacific
CX524departs 01:25
CX504departs 09:05
CX6departs 10:02
CX520departs 10:30
CX500departs 15:25

If CX526 is cancelled, these are the other Cathay Pacific nonstop flights from Hong Kong to Tokyo on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HKG local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How CX526 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CX526 across the HKG and NRT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 11/11 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CX526 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
11-11HKG 08:15 08:18 (+3)NRT 13:10
11-10HKG 08:15 (+0)NRT 13:10 12:56 (−14)
11-09HKG 08:15 08:23 (+8)NRT 13:10 13:24 (+14)
11-08HKG 08:15 08:20 (+5)NRT 13:10 (+0)
11-07HKG 08:15 08:28 (+13)NRT 13:10 13:19 (+9)
11-06HKG 08:15 08:22 (+7)NRT 13:10 13:07 (−3)
11-05HKG 08:15 08:21 (+6)NRT 13:10 13:12 (+2)
11-04HKG 08:15 08:20 (+5)NRT 13:10 13:22 (+12)
11-03HKG 08:15 08:10 (−5)NRT 13:10 12:56 (−14)
11-02HKG 08:15 08:10 (−5)NRT 13:10 13:00 (−10)
11-01HKG 08:15 08:23 (+8)NRT 13:10 13:22 (+12)
10-31HKG 08:15 08:17 (+2)NRT 13:10 13:09 (−1)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-LXG, B-LXN, B-LXK, B-LXL.

Board clocks recorded as HKG and NRT published them.

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