MU589China Eastern Airlines · PVG → SFO
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Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU589 ShanghaiPVG · 12:30 San FranciscoSFO · 09:05

MU589 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Shanghai (PVG) to San Francisco (SFO).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates Mon Thu Sat
12:30

scheduled from PVG

Typical gate push+54 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+37 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~17 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+127+255+382 min
08-23
+54 gate · +37 arrival
08-22
+54 gate · +37 arrival
08-20
+69 gate · +85 arrival
08-17
+34 gate · +28 arrival
08-15
+69 gate · +66 arrival
08-13
+29 gate · +9 arrival
08-10
+382 gate

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 +37 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PVGShanghaiModerate riskPVG delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
PVG→SFOevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
62%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+25 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by SFO (San Francisco), currently flying VFR (visual). 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 MU589 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU589 across the PVG and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~37 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 1/6 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 MU589 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
08-23PVG 12:30 13:24 (+54)SFO 09:05 09:42 (+37)
08-22PVG 12:30 13:24 (+54)SFO 09:05 09:42 (+37)
08-20PVG 12:30 13:39 (+69)SFO 09:05 10:30 (+85)
08-17PVG 12:30 13:04 (+34)SFO 09:05 09:33 (+28)
08-15PVG 12:30 13:39 (+69)SFO 09:05 10:11 (+66)
08-13PVG 12:30 12:59 (+29)SFO 09:05 09:14 (+9)
08-10PVG 12:30 18:52 (+382)SFO

Board clocks recorded as PVG and SFO published them.

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