MU5123China Eastern Airlines · SHA → PEK
live · 11m ago
Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU5123 ShanghaiSHA · 19:00 BeijingPEK · 21:15

MU5123 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Shanghai (SHA) to Beijing (PEK) for the Mon, Nov 16 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today
19:00

departs SHA · on schedule

⚖ MU5123 typically leaves +17 and lands −7. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+17 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~24 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
11-16
+1 arrival
11-15
+14 gate · −21 arrival
11-14
+17 gate · −17 arrival
11-13
+40 gate · +5 arrival
11-12
+20 gate · −2 arrival
11-11
+21 gate · +0 arrival
11-10
+8 gate · −23 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 −7 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

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
18%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
-8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by PEK (Beijing), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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

Tue 17 Nov, local date

High18°Clikely 16°C to 21°C
Low13°Clikely 11°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

Tue 17 Nov, local date

High10°Clikely 7°C to 12°C
Low0°Clikely −2°C to 3°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
MU5101departs 08:00
MU5103departs 09:00
MU5153departs 09:30
MU5105departs 10:00
MU5107departs 11:00

If MU5123 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 MU5123 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU5123 across the SHA and PEK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min early. 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 MU5123 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
11-16SHA 19:00PEK 21:15 21:16 (+1)
11-15SHA 19:00 19:14 (+14)PEK 21:15 20:54 (−21)
11-14SHA 19:00 19:17 (+17)PEK 21:15 20:58 (−17)
11-13SHA 19:00 19:40 (+40)PEK 21:15 21:20 (+5)
11-12SHA 19:00 19:20 (+20)PEK 21:15 21:13 (−2)
11-11SHA 19:00 19:21 (+21)PEK 21:15 (+0)
11-10SHA 19:00 19:08 (+8)PEK 21:15 20:52 (−23)
11-09SHA 19:00 19:21 (+21)PEK 21:15 21:16 (+1)
11-08SHA 19:00 19:25 (+25)PEK 21:15 21:19 (+4)
11-07SHA 19:00 19:04 (+4)PEK 21:15 20:48 (−27)
11-06SHA 19:00 19:12 (+12)PEK 21:15 21:00 (−15)
11-05SHA 19:00 19:10 (+10)PEK 21:15 21:03 (−12)
11-04SHA 19:00 19:25 (+25)PEK 21:15 21:13 (−2)
11-03SHA 19:00 19:12 (+12)PEK 21:15 20:54 (−21)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-5942, B-5949, B-6096, B-304A.

Board clocks recorded as SHA and PEK published them.

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