ET859Ethiopian Airlines · ADD → JNB
live · 2h ago
Route confirmed Ethiopian Airlines

ET859 Addis AbabaADD · 23:30 JohannesburgJNB · 03:55

ET859 by Ethiopian Airlines flies from Addis Ababa (ADD) to Johannesburg (JNB) for the Thu, Oct 15 departure.

Right nowLanded in Johannesburg · today
04:51

arrived at JNB · 56 min late

Typical arrival+25 minmedian over 14 operations
Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-15
+56 arrival
10-14
+56 arrival
10-13
+16 arrival
10-12
+33 arrival
10-11
+18 arrival
10-10
+23 arrival
10-09
+15 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 +25 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ADDAddis AbabaModerate riskADD delay board →
JNBJohannesburgOn-time likelyJNB delay board →
ADD→JNBevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.5%Chance of cancellation
+4 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Addis Ababa to Johannesburg flights today

same route · Ethiopian Airlines
ET809departs 09:10
ET849departs 15:35

If ET859 is cancelled, these are the other Ethiopian Airlines nonstop flights from Addis Ababa to Johannesburg on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ADD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How ET859 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for ET859 across the ADD and JNB boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~25 min late. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 2/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how ET859 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
10-15ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:51 (+56)
10-14ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:51 (+56)
10-13ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:11 (+16)
10-12ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:28 (+33)
10-11ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:13 (+18)
10-10ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:18 (+23)
10-09ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:10 (+15)
10-08ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:18 (+23)
10-07ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:15 (+20)
10-06ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:20 (+25)
10-05ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:27 (+32)
10-04ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:54 (+59)
10-03ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:23 (+28)
10-02ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:08 (+13)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ET-BAP, ET-AWG, ET-AVM, ET-AVL.

Board clocks recorded as ADD and JNB published them.

Planning around ET859? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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