MU721China Eastern Airlines · SHA → HKG
live · 53m ago
Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU721 ShanghaiSHA · 08:15 Hong KongHKG · 11:00

MU721 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Shanghai (SHA) to Hong Kong (HKG) for the Fri, Sep 11 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today · as of 06:54
08:15

departs SHA · on schedule

⚖ MU721 typically leaves +23 and lands −10. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-10
+36 gate · +22 arrival
09-09
+18 gate · −14 arrival
09-08
+22 gate · −18 arrival
09-07
+13 gate · −23 arrival
09-06
+19 gate · −15 arrival
09-05
+27 gate · −10 arrival
09-04
+32 gate · −2 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 −10 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SHAShanghaiOn-time likelySHA delay board →
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
SHA→HKGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at SHA and HKG 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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

Other Shanghai to Hong Kong flights today

same route · China Eastern Airlines
MU5017departs 09:10

If MU721 is cancelled, this is the other China Eastern Airlines nonstop flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong 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 MU721 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU721 across the SHA and HKG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 12/13 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 MU721 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
09-10SHA 08:15 08:51 (+36)HKG 11:00 11:22 (+22)
09-09SHA 08:15 08:33 (+18)HKG 11:00 10:46 (−14)
09-08SHA 08:15 08:37 (+22)HKG 11:00 10:42 (−18)
09-07SHA 08:15 08:28 (+13)HKG 11:00 10:37 (−23)
09-06SHA 08:15 08:34 (+19)HKG 11:00 10:45 (−15)
09-05SHA 08:15 08:42 (+27)HKG 11:00 10:50 (−10)
09-04SHA 08:15 08:47 (+32)HKG 11:00 10:58 (−2)
09-03SHA 08:15 08:32 (+17)HKG 11:00 10:56 (−4)
09-02SHA 08:15 08:38 (+23)HKG 11:00 10:50 (−10)
09-01SHA 08:15 08:47 (+32)HKG 11:00 11:05 (+5)
08-31SHA 08:15 08:41 (+26)HKG 11:00 10:53 (−7)
08-30SHA 08:15 08:23 (+8)HKG 11:00 10:45 (−15)
08-29SHA 08:15 08:33 (+18)HKG 11:00 10:41 (−19)
08-28SHA 08:15 08:38 (+23)HKG 11:00 11:01 (+1)
08-27SHA HKG 11:00 10:56 (−4)

Board clocks recorded as SHA and HKG published them.

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