MU8499China Eastern Airlines · SHA → KMG
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Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU8499 ShanghaiSHA KunmingKMG

MU8499 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Shanghai (SHA) to Kunming (KMG).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
07:40

scheduled from SHA

The route today

live boards
SHAShanghaiOn-time likelySHA delay board →
KMGKunmingModerate riskKMG delay board →
SHA→KMGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
12%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.2%Chance of cancellation
-5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SHA and KMG 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Shanghai to Kunming with China Eastern Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.9%1.0× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 7 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

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 Kunming flights today

same route · China Eastern Airlines
MU5814departs 08:15
MU6483departs 08:40
MU8503departs 08:55
MU5323departs 10:10
MU5802departs 12:10
MU5804departs 13:40

If MU8499 is cancelled, these are the other China Eastern Airlines nonstop flights from Shanghai to Kunming 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 MU8499 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU8499 across the SHA and KMG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Combined risk score: 33.0/100. Based on airport operations, weather, and cached board history at SHA and KMG.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how MU8499 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

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