CX801Cathay Pacific · ORD → HKG
live · 19m ago
Route confirmed Cathay Pacific

CX801 ChicagoORD · 16:15 Hong KongHKG · 21:00

CX801 by Cathay Pacific flies from Chicago (ORD) to Hong Kong (HKG) for the Tue, Sep 22 departure.

Right nowEn route to Hong Kong · off blocks 16:14 · 1 min early
21:00

estimated arrival at HKG · local time · ~12h 47m from now

En routeCX801 · position estimated
ORDChicagoHKGHong Kong
Estimated from the boardsarr 21:00

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 16:14 · typical taxi-out at ORD ≈ 7.6 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push−2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~2 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
09-22
−1 gate
09-21
−7 gate · −9 arrival
09-20
−2 gate · +6 arrival
09-19
−4 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
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
ORD→HKGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and HKG 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.

How CX801 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CX801 across the ORD and HKG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed -4 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how CX801 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-22ORD 16:15 16:14 (−1)HKG 21:00
09-21ORD 16:15 16:08 (−7)HKG 21:00 20:51 (−9)
09-20ORD 16:15 16:13 (−2)HKG 21:00 21:06 (+6)
09-19ORD 16:15HKG 21:00 20:56 (−4)

Board clocks recorded as ORD and HKG published them.

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