HX238Hong Kong Airlines · HKG → SHA
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Route confirmed Hong Kong Airlines

HX238 Hong KongHKG · 15:30 ShanghaiSHA · 18:00

HX238 by Hong Kong Airlines flies from Hong Kong (HKG) to Shanghai (SHA) for the Fri, Aug 21 departure.

Right nowLanded in Shanghai · today
17:57

arrived at SHA · 3 min early

⚖ HX238 typically leaves +8 and lands −3. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+50+100+150 min
08-21
−3 arrival
08-20
+8 gate · −3 arrival
08-19
+3 gate · −14 arrival
08-18
+150 gate · +145 arrival
08-17
+66 gate · +59 arrival
08-16
+3 gate · −15 arrival
08-15
+7 gate · −9 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 −3 min · 1 cancelled · 16 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
SHAShanghaiOn-time likelySHA delay board →
HKG→SHAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at HKG and SHA 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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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Hong Kong to Shanghai flights today

same route · Hong Kong Airlines
HX248departs 12:25

If HX238 is cancelled, this is the other Hong Kong Airlines nonstop flight from Hong Kong to Shanghai on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HKG local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How HX238 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for HX238 across the HKG and SHA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 10/14 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 HX238 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
08-21HKG 15:30SHA 18:00 17:57 (−3)
08-20HKG 15:30 15:38 (+8)SHA 18:00 17:57 (−3)
08-19HKG 15:30 15:33 (+3)SHA 18:00 17:46 (−14)
08-18HKG 15:30 18:00 (+150)SHA 18:00 20:25 (+145)
08-17HKG 15:30 16:36 (+66)SHA 18:00 18:59 (+59)
08-16HKG 15:30 15:33 (+3)SHA 18:00 17:45 (−15)
08-15HKG 15:30 15:37 (+7)SHA 18:00 17:51 (−9)
08-14HKG 15:30 15:42 (+12)SHA 18:00 18:10 (+10)
08-13HKG 15:30 (+0)SHA 18:00 17:48 (−12)
08-12HKG 15:30 15:41 (+11)SHA 18:00 18:05 (+5)
08-11HKG 15:30 16:28 (+58)SHA 18:00 18:46 (+46)
08-10HKG 15:30 15:36 (+6)SHA 18:00 17:46 (−14)
08-09CANCELLED
08-08HKG 15:30 16:41 (+71)SHA 18:00 19:03 (+63)
08-07HKG 15:30 (+0)SHA 18:00 17:42 (−18)
08-06HKG 15:30 15:27 (−3)SHA 18:00 17:44 (−16)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-LHJ, B-LHL, B-LHR, B-LPV.

Board clocks recorded as HKG and SHA published them.

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