SA347South African Airways · JNB → CPT
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Route confirmed South African Airways

SA347 JohannesburgJNB · 17:30 Cape TownCPT · 17:30

SA347 by South African Airways flies from Johannesburg (JNB) to Cape Town (CPT) for the Thu, Aug 20 departure.

Right nowLanded in Cape Town · today
17:13

arrived at CPT · 17 min early

⚖ SA347 typically leaves +11 and lands −5. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~16 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
08-21
−17 gate
08-20
+5 gate · −17 arrival
08-19
+21 gate · −1 arrival
08-18
+11 gate · −5 arrival
08-17
+1 gate · −17 arrival
08-16
+17 gate · +0 arrival
08-15
+25 gate · +0 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 −5 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
JNBJohannesburgOn-time likelyJNB delay board →
CPTCape TownOn-time likelyCPT delay board →
JNB→CPTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at JNB and CPT 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 Johannesburg to Cape Town flights today

same route · South African Airways
SA303departs 06:05
SA313departs 08:10
SA317departs 08:55
SA319departs 09:25
SA327departs 11:10
SA337departs 13:00

If SA347 is cancelled, these are the other South African Airways nonstop flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town on the same day, with scheduled departure times in JNB local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How SA347 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for SA347 across the JNB and CPT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 8/8 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 SA347 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
08-21JNB 17:30 17:13 (−17)CPT
08-20JNB 15:15 15:20 (+5)CPT 17:30 17:13 (−17)
08-19JNB 15:15 15:36 (+21)CPT 17:30 17:29 (−1)
08-18JNB 15:15 15:26 (+11)CPT 17:30 17:25 (−5)
08-17JNB 15:15 15:16 (+1)CPT 17:30 17:13 (−17)
08-16JNB 15:15 15:32 (+17)CPT 17:30 (+0)
08-15JNB 15:15 15:40 (+25)CPT 17:30 (+0)
08-14JNB 15:15 15:24 (+9)CPT 17:30 17:16 (−14)
08-13JNB 15:15CPT 17:30 17:18 (−12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZS-SZL, ZS-SZB, ZS-SZO.

Board clocks recorded as JNB and CPT published them.

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Canonical URL
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