MU5017China Eastern Airlines · SHA → HKG
live · 15m ago
Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU5017 ShanghaiSHA · 09:15 Hong KongHKG · 12:05

MU5017 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Shanghai (SHA) to Hong Kong (HKG) for the Sun, Nov 1 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today
09:15

departs SHA · on schedule

⚖ MU5017 typically leaves +23 and lands −10. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+23 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 12 operations
Wins back in air~33 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+27 gate · −6 arrival
10-30
+26 gate · −8 arrival
10-29
+23 gate · −6 arrival
10-28
+28 gate · −13 arrival
10-27
+15 gate · −17 arrival
10-26
+15 gate · −31 arrival
10-25
+29 gate · −1 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 −10 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SHAShanghaiModerate riskSHA delay board →
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
SHA→HKGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
27%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+0 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SHA and HKG 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

Shanghai to Hong Kong with China Eastern Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.1%0.8× usual

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

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Shanghai to Hong Kong flights today

same route · China Eastern Airlines
MU721departs 08:00

If MU5017 is cancelled, this is the other China Eastern Airlines nonstop flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SHA 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 MU5017 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU5017 across the SHA and HKG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 12/12 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 MU5017 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-31SHA 09:15 09:42 (+27)HKG 12:05 11:59 (−6)
10-30SHA 09:15 09:41 (+26)HKG 12:05 11:57 (−8)
10-29SHA 09:15 09:38 (+23)HKG 12:05 11:59 (−6)
10-28SHA 09:15 09:43 (+28)HKG 12:05 11:52 (−13)
10-27SHA 09:15 09:30 (+15)HKG 12:05 11:48 (−17)
10-26SHA 09:15 09:30 (+15)HKG 12:05 11:34 (−31)
10-25SHA 09:15 09:44 (+29)HKG 12:05 12:04 (−1)
10-24SHA 09:10 09:22 (+12)HKG 11:50 11:31 (−19)
10-23SHA 09:10 09:39 (+29)HKG 11:50 11:54 (+4)
10-22SHA 09:10 09:16 (+6)HKG 11:50 11:29 (−21)
10-21SHA 09:10 09:31 (+21)HKG 11:50 11:51 (+1)
10-20SHA HKG 11:50 11:36 (−14)

Board clocks recorded as SHA and HKG published them.

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