MU5309China Eastern Airlines · SHA → CAN
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Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU5309 ShanghaiSHA · 10:00 GuangzhouCAN · 12:25

MU5309 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Shanghai (SHA) to Guangzhou (CAN) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Guangzhou · off blocks 10:15 · 15 min late
12:05

estimated arrival at CAN · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeMU5309 · position estimated
SHAShanghaiCANGuangzhou
Estimated from the boardsarr 12:05

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 10:15.

⚖ MU5309 typically leaves +17 and lands −12. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-08
+15 gate · −20 arrival
09-07
+18 gate · −28 arrival
09-06
+15 gate · −12 arrival
09-05
+22 gate · −15 arrival
09-04
+24 gate · +6 arrival
09-03
+10 gate · −21 arrival
09-02
+21 gate · −8 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 −12 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SHAShanghaiOn-time likelySHA delay board →
CANGuangzhouOn-time likelyCAN delay board →
SHA→CANevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SHA and CAN 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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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Shanghai to Guangzhou flights today

same route · China Eastern Airlines
MU4573departs 09:30
MU8413departs 09:35
MU5301departs 10:30
MU5303departs 11:30
MU5305departs 12:30
MU5307departs 14:30

If MU5309 is cancelled, these are the other China Eastern Airlines nonstop flights from Shanghai to Guangzhou on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SHA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How MU5309 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU5309 across the SHA and CAN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 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 MU5309 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
09-08SHA 10:00 10:15 (+15)CAN 12:25 12:05 (−20)
09-07SHA 10:00 10:18 (+18)CAN 12:25 11:57 (−28)
09-06SHA 10:00 10:15 (+15)CAN 12:25 12:13 (−12)
09-05SHA 10:00 10:22 (+22)CAN 12:25 12:10 (−15)
09-04SHA 10:00 10:24 (+24)CAN 12:25 12:31 (+6)
09-03SHA 10:00 10:10 (+10)CAN 12:25 12:04 (−21)
09-02SHA 10:00 10:21 (+21)CAN 12:25 12:17 (−8)
09-01SHA 10:00 10:15 (+15)CAN 12:25 12:15 (−10)
08-31SHA 10:00 10:12 (+12)CAN 12:25 11:57 (−28)
08-30SHA 10:00 10:23 (+23)CAN 12:25 12:18 (−7)
08-29SHA 10:00 10:17 (+17)CAN 12:25 12:07 (−18)
08-28SHA 10:00 10:10 (+10)CAN 12:25 12:09 (−16)
08-27SHA 10:00 10:16 (+16)CAN 12:25 12:14 (−11)
08-26SHA 10:00 10:28 (+28)CAN 12:25 (+0)
08-25SHA CAN 12:25 12:18 (−7)

Aircraft

Recent tails: B-6506, B-1858, B-1066, B-308E.

Board clocks recorded as SHA and CAN published them.

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