ET859Ethiopian Airlines · ADD → JNB
live · 32m 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 Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowEn route to Johannesburg
En route

en route from ADD to JNB

En routeET859 · position estimated
ADDAddis AbabaJNBJohannesburg
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical arrival+5 minmedian over 16 operations
Cancellation0 in 16tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+44+88+132 min
08-19
−8 arrival
08-18
+8 arrival
08-17
+5 arrival
08-16
+6 arrival
08-15
−17 arrival
08-14
+132 arrival
08-13
+0 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 +5 min · 0 cancelled · 16 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ADDAddis AbabaHigh 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
25%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.5%Chance of cancellation
+2 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by JNB (Johannesburg), currently flying VFR (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 09:05
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 ~6 min late. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 10/14 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
08-19ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 03:47 (−8)
08-18ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:03 (+8)
08-17ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:00 (+5)
08-16ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:01 (+6)
08-15ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 03:38 (−17)
08-14ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 06:07 (+132)
08-13ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 (+0)
08-12ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 03:47 (−8)
08-11ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 05:01 (+66)
08-10ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 05:02 (+67)
08-09ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:08 (+13)
08-08ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 03:41 (−14)
08-07ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 03:56 (+1)
08-06ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 04:25 (+30)
08-05ADD 23:30JNB 03:55 03:47 (−8)
08-04ADD JNB 03:55 03:45 (−10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ET-AVL, ET-BCC, ET-ATK, ET-ATL.

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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