FA163FlySafair · DUR → CPT
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Route confirmed FlySafair

FA163 DurbanDUR · 13:50 Cape TownCPT · 16:10

FA163 by FlySafair flies from Durban (DUR) to Cape Town (CPT) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowLanded in Cape Town · today
16:01

arrived at CPT · 9 min early

Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~19 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
10-30
−9 arrival
10-29
+12 gate · −9 arrival
10-26
+10 gate · −5 arrival
10-23
+15 gate · −4 arrival
10-22
+2 gate · −2 arrival
10-19
−10 arrival
10-16
+0 gate · −11 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 −9 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DURDurbanOn-time likelyDUR delay board →
CPTCape TownOn-time likelyCPT delay board →
DUR→CPTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.4%Chance of cancellation
+10 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DUR and CPT are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 on this route

Forecast

Durban to Cape Town with FlySafair · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.4%0.7× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 5 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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 Durban to Cape Town flights today

same route · FlySafair
FA462departs 07:15
FA177departs 09:05
FA161departs 12:10
FA165departs 13:55
FA175departs 13:55
FA505departs 14:35

If FA163 is cancelled, these are the other FlySafair nonstop flights from Durban to Cape Town on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DUR 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 FA163 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for FA163 across the DUR and CPT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 7/7 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how FA163 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
10-30DUR 13:50CPT 16:10 16:01 (−9)
10-29DUR 13:50 14:02 (+12)CPT 16:10 16:01 (−9)
10-26DUR 13:50 14:00 (+10)CPT 16:10 16:05 (−5)
10-23DUR 13:50 14:05 (+15)CPT 16:10 16:06 (−4)
10-22DUR 13:50 13:52 (+2)CPT 16:10 16:08 (−2)
10-19DUR 13:50CPT 16:10 16:00 (−10)
10-16DUR 13:50 (+0)CPT 16:10 15:59 (−11)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZS-FGJ, ZS-SJH, ZS-SJK, ZS-FGK.

Board clocks recorded as DUR and CPT published them.

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