SA555South African Airways · JNB → DUR
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Route confirmed South African Airways

SA555 JohannesburgJNB · 13:40 DurbanDUR · 13:40

SA555 by South African Airways flies from Johannesburg (JNB) to Durban (DUR) for the Sun, Oct 11 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today · as of 12:37
13:40

departs JNB · on schedule

⚖ SA555 typically leaves +8 and lands −13. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+8 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−13 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~21 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
10-09
+12 gate · −10 arrival
10-08
+6 gate · −15 arrival
10-07
+23 gate · +1 arrival
10-06
+5 gate · −13 arrival
10-05
+9 gate · −13 arrival
10-04
+4 gate · −22 arrival
10-02
+6 gate · −16 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 −13 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
JNBJohannesburgModerate riskJNB delay board →
DURDurbanOn-time likelyDUR delay board →
JNB→DURevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at JNB and DUR 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.

Other Johannesburg to Durban flights today

same route · South African Airways
SA531departs 07:30
SA539departs 09:20
SA547departs 11:05
SA551departs 12:50
SA563departs 15:10
SA803departs 15:10

If SA555 is cancelled, these are the other South African Airways nonstop flights from Johannesburg to Durban 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 SA555 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for SA555 across the JNB and DUR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~13 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 SA555 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
10-09JNB 13:40 13:52 (+12)DUR 14:50 14:40 (−10)
10-08JNB 13:40 13:46 (+6)DUR 14:50 14:35 (−15)
10-07JNB 13:40 14:03 (+23)DUR 14:50 14:51 (+1)
10-06JNB 13:40 13:45 (+5)DUR 14:50 14:37 (−13)
10-05JNB 13:40 13:49 (+9)DUR 14:50 14:37 (−13)
10-04JNB 13:40 13:44 (+4)DUR 14:50 14:28 (−22)
10-02JNB 13:40 13:46 (+6)DUR 14:50 14:34 (−16)
10-01JNB 13:40 13:48 (+8)DUR 14:50 14:38 (−12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZS-SZE, ZS-SZK, ZS-SZG.

Board clocks recorded as JNB and DUR published them.

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