MU249China Eastern Airlines · PVG → BCN
live · 16m ago
Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU249 ShanghaiPVG · 00:50 BarcelonaBCN · 08:05

MU249 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Shanghai (PVG) to Barcelona (BCN) for the Sun, Oct 11 departure.

Right nowEn route to Barcelona · off blocks 01:07 · 17 min late
En route

en route from PVG to BCN

En routeMU249 · position estimated
PVGShanghaiBCNBarcelona
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 01:07. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+17 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−35 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~52 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
10-11
+17 gate · −26 arrival
10-10
+5 gate · −42 arrival
10-09
+17 gate · −38 arrival
10-08
+12 gate · −35 arrival
10-07
+12 gate · −4 arrival
10-06
+17 gate · −43 arrival
10-05
+5 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 −35 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PVGShanghaiModerate riskPVG delay board →
BCNBarcelonaOn-time likelyBCN delay board →
PVG→BCNevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PVG and BCN 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 MU249 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU249 across the PVG and BCN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~35 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 MU249 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
10-11PVG 00:50 01:07 (+17)BCN 08:05 07:39 (−26)
10-10PVG 00:50 00:55 (+5)BCN 08:05 07:23 (−42)
10-09PVG 00:50 01:07 (+17)BCN 08:05 07:27 (−38)
10-08PVG 00:50 01:02 (+12)BCN 08:05 07:30 (−35)
10-07PVG 00:50 01:02 (+12)BCN 08:05 08:01 (−4)
10-06PVG 00:50 01:07 (+17)BCN 08:05 07:22 (−43)
10-05PVG BCN 08:05 08:10 (+5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-32A8.

Board clocks recorded as PVG and BCN published them.

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