CZ3553China Southern Airlines · SZX → SHA
live · 52m ago
Route confirmed China Southern Airlines

CZ3553 ShenzhenSZX · 09:00 ShanghaiSHA · 11:25

CZ3553 by China Southern Airlines flies from Shenzhen (SZX) to Shanghai (SHA) for the Mon, Sep 21 departure.

Right nowLanded in Shanghai · today
11:31

arrived at SHA · 6 min late

⚖ CZ3553 typically leaves +16 and lands −6. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-21
+43 gate · +6 arrival
09-20
+10 gate · −31 arrival
09-19
+16 gate · −22 arrival
09-18
+16 gate · −23 arrival
09-17
+26 gate · −6 arrival
09-16
+30 gate · −5 arrival
09-15
+47 gate · +3 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 −6 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SZXShenzhenModerate riskSZX delay board →
SHAShanghaiOn-time likelySHA delay board →
SZX→SHAevery 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
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+15 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SZX and SHA 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
061422
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T
W
T
F
S
S

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

Other Shenzhen to Shanghai flights today

same route · China Southern Airlines
CZ3568departs 06:30
CZ3965departs 08:00
CZ3255departs 11:00
CZ3551departs 11:50
CZ3561departs 13:00
CZ3625departs 13:50

If CZ3553 is cancelled, these are the other China Southern Airlines nonstop flights from Shenzhen to Shanghai on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SZX local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How CZ3553 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for CZ3553 across the SZX and SHA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 11/12 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 CZ3553 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
09-21SZX 09:00 09:43 (+43)SHA 11:25 11:31 (+6)
09-20SZX 09:00 09:10 (+10)SHA 11:25 10:54 (−31)
09-19SZX 09:00 09:16 (+16)SHA 11:25 11:03 (−22)
09-18SZX 09:00 09:16 (+16)SHA 11:25 11:02 (−23)
09-17SZX 09:00 09:26 (+26)SHA 11:25 11:19 (−6)
09-16SZX 09:00 09:30 (+30)SHA 11:25 11:20 (−5)
09-15SZX 09:00 09:47 (+47)SHA 11:25 11:28 (+3)
09-14SZX 09:00 09:14 (+14)SHA 11:25 11:04 (−21)
09-13SZX 09:00 09:15 (+15)SHA 11:25 10:57 (−28)
09-12SZX 09:00 09:11 (+11)SHA 11:25 10:55 (−30)
09-11SZX 09:00 10:40 (+100)SHA 11:25 12:26 (+61)
09-10SZX SHA 11:25 11:31 (+6)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-20CK, B-5928, B-5940, B-8426.

Board clocks recorded as SZX and SHA published them.

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