CX872Cathay Pacific · HKG → SFO
live · 43m ago
Route confirmed Cathay Pacific

CX872 Hong KongHKG · 01:10 San FranciscoSFO · 22:40

CX872 by Cathay Pacific flies from Hong Kong (HKG) to San Francisco (SFO) for the Sun, Oct 11 departure.

Right nowLanded in San Francisco · position data
22:22

arrived at SFO · 17 min early

Typical gate push+2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−28 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~30 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-11
−6 gate
10-10
+8 gate · −28 arrival
10-09
−8 gate · −50 arrival
10-08
+2 gate · −10 arrival
10-07
+10 gate

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 −28 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
HKG→SFOevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
51%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+18 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at HKG and SFO 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 San Francisco flights today

same route · Cathay Pacific
CX870departs 13:25

If CX872 is cancelled, this is the other Cathay Pacific nonstop flight from Hong Kong to San Francisco 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 CX872 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CX872 across the HKG and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~50 min early. Based on 1 confirmed landing · 1/1 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 CX872 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
10-11HKG 01:10 01:04 (−6)SFO 22:40
10-10HKG 01:10 01:18 (+8)SFO 22:40 22:12 (−28)
10-09HKG 01:10 01:02 (−8)SFO 22:40 21:50 (−50)
10-08HKG 01:10 01:12 (+2)SFO 22:40 22:30 (−10)
10-07HKG 01:10 01:20 (+10)SFO

Board clocks recorded as HKG and SFO published them.

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