KU171Kuwait Airways · KWI → FRA
live · 7m ago
Route confirmed Kuwait Airways

KU171 Kuwait CityKWI · 08:25 Frankfurt am MainFRA · 12:45

KU171 by Kuwait Airways flies from Kuwait City (KWI) to Frankfurt am Main (FRA) for the Sun, Oct 25 departure.

Right nowDescending into Frankfurt am Main · off blocks 08:39 · 14 min late
12:21

estimated arrival at FRA · local time · ~16 min from now

LivePosition · updated 7m ago
FRA51 mi · ~16 min leftKWI
9,200 ftAltitudedescending
285 mphSpeed248 kt
202°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 4h 4m

Typical gate push+26 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−24 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~50 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-25
+14 gate · −24 arrival
10-23
+26 gate · −20 arrival
10-22
−56 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
KWIKuwait CityModerate riskKWI delay board →
FRAFrankfurt am MainHigh riskFRA delay board →
KWI→FRAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
23%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.6%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

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

How KU171 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for KU171 across the KWI and FRA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left noticeably late (~26 min) but landed about 20 min early. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how KU171 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
10-25KWI 08:25 08:39 (+14)FRA 12:45 12:21 (−24)
10-23KWI 11:55 12:21 (+26)FRA 17:30 17:10 (−20)
10-22KWI FRA 17:30 16:34 (−56)

Aircraft

Recent tails: 9KAPF, 9KAPH.

Board clocks recorded as KWI and FRA published them.

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