FA462FlySafair · DUR → CPT
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Route confirmed FlySafair

FA462 DurbanDUR · 07:15 Cape TownCPT · 09:35

FA462 by FlySafair flies from Durban (DUR) to Cape Town (CPT) for the Mon, Sep 7 departure.

Right nowLanded in Cape Town · today
09:22

arrived at CPT · 13 min early

⚖ FA462 typically leaves +7 and lands −15. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-07
+12 gate · −13 arrival
09-06
+9 gate · −19 arrival
09-05
+12 gate · −15 arrival
09-04
+6 gate · −31 arrival
09-03
+6 gate · −22 arrival
09-02
+14 gate · −11 arrival
09-01
+8 gate · −20 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 −15 min · 0 cancelled · 13 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
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.3%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

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. 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
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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
FA177departs 09:05
FA161departs 12:10
FA163departs 13:50
FA165departs 13:55
FA175departs 13:55
FA505departs 14:35

If FA462 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 posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How FA462 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for FA462 across the DUR and CPT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 13/13 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 FA462 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
09-07DUR 07:15 07:27 (+12)CPT 09:35 09:22 (−13)
09-06DUR 07:15 07:24 (+9)CPT 09:35 09:16 (−19)
09-05DUR 07:15 07:27 (+12)CPT 09:35 09:20 (−15)
09-04DUR 07:15 07:21 (+6)CPT 09:35 09:04 (−31)
09-03DUR 07:15 07:21 (+6)CPT 09:35 09:13 (−22)
09-02DUR 07:15 07:29 (+14)CPT 09:35 09:24 (−11)
09-01DUR 07:15 07:23 (+8)CPT 09:35 09:15 (−20)
08-31DUR 07:15 07:21 (+6)CPT 09:35 09:22 (−13)
08-30DUR 07:15 07:24 (+9)CPT 09:35 09:27 (−8)
08-29DUR 07:15 07:22 (+7)CPT 09:35 09:26 (−9)
08-28DUR 07:15 07:17 (+2)CPT 09:35 09:11 (−24)
08-27DUR 07:15 07:20 (+5)CPT 09:35 09:12 (−23)
08-26DUR 07:15 07:22 (+7)CPT 09:35 09:24 (−11)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZS-SJG, ZS-SJO, ZS-ZWG.

Board clocks recorded as DUR and CPT published them.

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