EY78Etihad Airways · MAN → AUH
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Route confirmed Etihad Airways

EY78 ManchesterMAN · 08:45 Abu DhabiAUH · 19:40

EY78 by Etihad Airways flies from Manchester (MAN) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowEn route to Abu Dhabi · off blocks 09:06 · 21 min late
En route

en route from MAN to AUH

En routeEY78 · position estimated
MANManchesterAUHAbu Dhabi
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 09:06 · typical taxi-out at MAN ≈ 11 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+21 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+30 minmedian over 5 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-16
+21 gate · +32 arrival
09-15
+31 gate · +32 arrival
09-14
+25 gate · +30 arrival
09-13
+15 gate · +24 arrival
09-12
+21 gate · +19 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 +30 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MANManchesterOn-time likelyMAN delay board →
AUHAbu DhabiOn-time likelyAUH delay board →
MAN→AUHevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
57%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+19 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MAN (Manchester), currently flying IFR (instrument). 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 Manchester to Abu Dhabi flights today

same route · Etihad Airways
EY74departs 14:30
EY76departs 20:10

If EY78 is cancelled, these are the other Etihad Airways nonstop flights from Manchester to Abu Dhabi on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MAN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How EY78 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for EY78 across the MAN and AUH boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~30 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 0/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how EY78 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
09-16MAN 08:45 09:06 (+21)AUH 19:40 20:12 (+32)
09-15MAN 08:45 09:16 (+31)AUH 19:40 20:12 (+32)
09-14MAN 08:45 09:10 (+25)AUH 19:40 20:10 (+30)
09-13MAN 08:45 09:00 (+15)AUH 19:30 19:54 (+24)
09-12MAN 08:40 09:01 (+21)AUH 19:35 19:54 (+19)

Aircraft

Recent tails: A6-ETP, A6-ETQ, A6-ETG.

Board clocks recorded as MAN and AUH published them.

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