MU552China Eastern Airlines · LHR → PVG
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Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU552 LondonLHR · 21:20 ShanghaiPVG · 15:40

MU552 by China Eastern Airlines flies from London (LHR) to Shanghai (PVG) for the Mon, Sep 14 departure.

Right nowLanded in Shanghai · today
15:38

arrived at PVG · 2 min early

Typical gate push+24 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−2 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~26 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
09-14
−2 arrival
09-13
+16 gate · −2 arrival
09-12
+28 gate · +8 arrival
09-11
+39 gate · +15 arrival
09-10
+16 gate · −19 arrival
09-09
+58 gate · +24 arrival
09-07
+13 gate · −49 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 −2 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
LHR→PVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LHR and PVG 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
061422
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T
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How MU552 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU552 across the LHR and PVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 8/9 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 MU552 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
09-14LHR 21:20PVG 15:40 15:38 (−2)
09-13LHR 21:20 21:36 (+16)PVG 15:40 15:38 (−2)
09-12LHR 21:20 21:48 (+28)PVG 15:40 15:48 (+8)
09-11LHR 21:20 21:59 (+39)PVG 15:40 15:55 (+15)
09-10LHR 21:20 21:36 (+16)PVG 15:40 15:21 (−19)
09-09LHR 21:20 22:18 (+58)PVG 15:40 16:04 (+24)
09-07LHR 21:20 21:33 (+13)PVG 15:40 14:51 (−49)
09-06LHR 21:20 21:44 (+24)PVG 15:40 15:17 (−23)
09-05LHR 21:20PVG 15:40 15:08 (−32)

Board clocks recorded as LHR and PVG published them.

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