CZ3538China Southern Airlines · SHA → CAN
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Route confirmed China Southern Airlines

CZ3538 ShanghaiSHA · 14:50 GuangzhouCAN · 17:20

CZ3538 by China Southern Airlines flies from Shanghai (SHA) to Guangzhou (CAN) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowEn route to Guangzhou · off blocks 15:04 · 14 min late
17:20

estimated arrival at CAN · local time · landing about now

En routeCZ3538 · position estimated
SHAShanghaiCANGuangzhou
Estimated from the boardsarr 17:20

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 15:04.

Typical gate push+14 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~31 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
11-07
+14 gate
11-06
+14 gate · −6 arrival
11-05
+13 gate · −13 arrival
11-04
+9 gate · −33 arrival
11-03
−22 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SHAShanghaiModerate riskSHA delay board →
CANGuangzhouOn-time likelyCAN delay board →
SHA→CANevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
22%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
-1 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by CAN (Guangzhou), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Shanghai

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High19°Clikely 17°C to 21°C
Low16°Clikely 13°C to 18°C
  • 96% chance of rain

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 Guangzhou

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High31°Clikely 29°C to 32°C
Low23°Clikely 22°C to 24°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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Shanghai to Guangzhou flights today

same route · China Southern Airlines
CZ3596departs 08:50
CZ3534departs 10:50
CZ3524departs 11:50
CZ3530departs 12:50
CZ3532departs 13:50
CZ202departs 14:55

If CZ3538 is cancelled, these are the other China Southern Airlines nonstop flights from Shanghai to Guangzhou on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SHA 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 CZ3538 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CZ3538 across the SHA and CAN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 CZ3538 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
11-07SHA 14:50 15:04 (+14)CAN 17:20
11-06SHA 14:50 15:04 (+14)CAN 17:20 17:14 (−6)
11-05SHA 14:50 15:03 (+13)CAN 17:20 17:07 (−13)
11-04SHA 14:50 14:59 (+9)CAN 17:20 16:47 (−33)
11-03SHA CAN 17:20 16:58 (−22)

Board clocks recorded as SHA and CAN published them.

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