MU5101China Eastern Airlines · SHA → PEK
live · 10m ago
Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU5101 ShanghaiSHA · 08:00 BeijingPEK · 10:15

MU5101 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Shanghai (SHA) to Beijing (PEK) for the Wed, Nov 11 departure.

Right nowEn route to Beijing · off blocks 08:12 · 12 min late
En route

en route from SHA to PEK

En routeMU5101 · position estimated
SHAShanghaiPEKBeijing
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 08:12.

⚖ MU5101 typically leaves +23 and lands +1. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+23 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+1 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~22 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-11
+12 gate · −14 arrival
11-10
+11 gate · +3 arrival
11-09
+21 gate · −7 arrival
11-08
+19 gate · +1 arrival
11-07
+26 gate · +0 arrival
11-06
+19 gate · −9 arrival
11-05
+29 gate · +12 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 +1 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SHAShanghaiModerate riskSHA delay board →
PEKBeijingOn-time likelyPEK delay board →
SHA→PEKevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
18%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
-9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SHA and PEK 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 at Shanghai

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High20°Clikely 19°C to 21°C
Low14°Clikely 12°C to 15°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Beijing

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High14°Clikely 13°C to 16°C
Low−1°Clikely −2°C to 0°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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 Beijing flights today

same route · China Eastern Airlines
MU5099departs 07:00
MU5103departs 09:00
MU5153departs 09:30
MU5105departs 10:00
MU5107departs 11:00
MU5109departs 12:00

If MU5101 is cancelled, these are the other China Eastern Airlines nonstop flights from Shanghai to Beijing 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 MU5101 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU5101 across the SHA and PEK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 14/14 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 MU5101 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
11-11SHA 08:00 08:12 (+12)PEK 10:15 10:01 (−14)
11-10SHA 08:00 08:11 (+11)PEK 10:15 10:18 (+3)
11-09SHA 08:00 08:21 (+21)PEK 10:15 10:08 (−7)
11-08SHA 08:00 08:19 (+19)PEK 10:15 10:16 (+1)
11-07SHA 08:00 08:26 (+26)PEK 10:15 (+0)
11-06SHA 08:00 08:19 (+19)PEK 10:15 10:06 (−9)
11-05SHA 08:00 08:29 (+29)PEK 10:15 10:27 (+12)
11-04SHA 08:00 08:24 (+24)PEK 10:15 10:22 (+7)
11-03SHA 08:00 08:29 (+29)PEK 10:15 10:18 (+3)
11-02SHA 08:00 08:17 (+17)PEK 10:15 10:05 (−10)
11-01SHA 08:00 08:25 (+25)PEK 10:15 10:08 (−7)
10-31SHA 08:00 08:26 (+26)PEK 10:15 10:28 (+13)
10-30SHA 08:00 08:12 (+12)PEK 10:15 10:04 (−11)
10-29SHA 08:00 08:28 (+28)PEK 10:15 10:21 (+6)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-7883, B-7367, B-7365.

Board clocks recorded as SHA and PEK published them.

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