ET685Ethiopian Airlines · PVG → ADD
live · 10m ago
Route confirmed Ethiopian Airlines

ET685 ShanghaiPVG · 00:20 Addis AbabaADD · 06:50

ET685 by Ethiopian Airlines flies from Shanghai (PVG) to Addis Ababa (ADD) for the Mon, Oct 12 departure.

Right nowEn route to Addis Ababa · off blocks 00:15 · 5 min early
En route

en route from PVG to ADD

En routeET685 · position estimated
PVGShanghaiADDAddis Ababa
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 00:15. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-12
−5 gate
10-11
+4 gate
10-10
+30 gate
10-09
+4 gate
10-08
+15 gate
10-07
+2 gate
10-06
+13 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

0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PVGShanghaiModerate riskPVG delay board →
ADDAddis AbabaModerate riskADD delay board →
PVG→ADDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.0%Chance of cancellation
-1 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by ADD (Addis Ababa), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Shanghai to Addis Ababa flights today

same route · Ethiopian Airlines
ET2685departs 22:20

If ET685 is cancelled, this is the other Ethiopian Airlines nonstop flight from Shanghai to Addis Ababa on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PVG local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How ET685 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for ET685 across the PVG and ADD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~13 min late. Based on 14 confirmed departures · 11/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how ET685 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
10-12PVG 00:20 00:15 (−5)ADD 06:50
10-11PVG 00:20 00:24 (+4)ADD 06:50
10-10PVG 00:20 00:50 (+30)ADD 06:50
10-09PVG 00:20 00:24 (+4)ADD 06:50
10-08PVG 00:20 00:35 (+15)ADD 06:50
10-07PVG 00:20 00:22 (+2)ADD 06:50
10-06PVG 00:20 00:33 (+13)ADD 06:50
10-05PVG 00:20 00:35 (+15)ADD 06:50
10-04PVG 00:20 00:28 (+8)ADD 06:50
10-03PVG 00:20 00:21 (+1)ADD 06:50
10-02PVG 00:20 00:44 (+24)ADD 06:50
10-01PVG 00:20 00:41 (+21)ADD 06:50
09-30PVG 00:20 00:33 (+13)ADD 06:50
09-29PVG 00:20 00:31 (+11)ADD 06:50
09-28PVG 00:20 00:43 (+23)ADD 06:50

Aircraft

Recent tails: ET-BCE, ET-AYN, ET-AYM, ET-AYA.

Board clocks recorded as PVG and ADD published them.

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