EK18Emirates · MAN → DXB
live · 11m ago
Route confirmed Emirates

EK18 ManchesterMAN · 13:20 DubaiDXB · 00:35

EK18 by Emirates flies from Manchester (MAN) to Dubai (DXB) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowEn route to Dubai · off blocks 13:36 · 16 min late
00:59

estimated arrival at DXB · local time · ~2 min from now

En routeEK18 · position estimated
MANManchesterDXBDubai
Estimated from the boardsarr 00:59

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 13:36 · typical taxi-out at MAN ≈ 9.3 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+7 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+6 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~1 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
+16 gate · +24 arrival
11-04
+7 gate · −6 arrival
11-03
+23 gate · +22 arrival
11-02
+6 gate · −9 arrival
11-01
−1 gate · +6 arrival
10-31
−5 gate · −14 arrival
10-30
+13 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 · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MANManchesterOn-time likelyMAN delay board →
DXBDubaiOn-time likelyDXB delay board →
MAN→DXBevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
51%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.3%Chance of cancellation
+16 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MAN (Manchester), 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 Manchester

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 10°C to 12°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.

Tomorrow at Dubai

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High35°Clikely 34°C to 36°C
Low26°Clikely 25°C to 27°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 Manchester to Dubai flights today

same route · Emirates
EK22departs 08:50
EK20departs 20:40

If EK18 is cancelled, these are the other Emirates nonstop flights from Manchester to Dubai on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MAN 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 EK18 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for EK18 across the MAN and DXB boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how EK18 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
11-05MAN 13:20 13:36 (+16)DXB 00:35 00:59 (+24)
11-04MAN 13:20 13:27 (+7)DXB 00:35 00:29 (−6)
11-03MAN 13:20 13:43 (+23)DXB 00:35 00:57 (+22)
11-02MAN 13:20 13:26 (+6)DXB 00:35 00:26 (−9)
11-01MAN 13:20 13:19 (−1)DXB 00:25 00:31 (+6)
10-31MAN 13:20 13:15 (−5)DXB 00:35 00:21 (−14)
10-30MAN DXB 00:25 00:38 (+13)

Board clocks recorded as MAN and DXB published them.

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