MU588China Eastern Airlines · JFK → PVG
live · 10m ago
Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU588 New YorkJFK · 16:25 ShanghaiPVG · 19:25

MU588 by China Eastern Airlines flies from New York (JFK) to Shanghai (PVG) for the Mon, Sep 14 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate 8
16:25

departs JFK · on schedule

Typical gate push+22 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~28 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-09
+22 gate · +0 arrival
09-07
−9 gate · −26 arrival
09-02
+47 gate · −9 arrival
08-31
+0 gate · −6 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
JFK→PVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at JFK 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How MU588 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU588 across the JFK and PVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 MU588 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
09-09JFK 16:25 16:47 (+22)PVG 19:25 (+0)
09-07JFK 16:25 16:16 (−9)PVG 19:25 18:59 (−26)
09-02JFK 16:25 17:12 (+47)PVG 19:25 19:16 (−9)
08-31JFK 16:25 (+0)PVG 19:25 19:19 (−6)

Board clocks recorded as JFK and PVG published them.

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