SA556South African Airways · DUR → JNB
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Route confirmed South African Airways

SA556 DurbanDUR · 14:10 JohannesburgJNB · 13:00

SA556 by South African Airways flies from Durban (DUR) to Johannesburg (JNB) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowLanded · today
13:56

departs DUR · 14 min early

⚖ SA556 typically leaves +11 and lands −14. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−14 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~25 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
09-16
+6 gate · −14 arrival
09-14
+11 gate · −7 arrival
09-13
+6 gate · −14 arrival
09-11
+20 gate · +3 arrival
09-09
+12 gate · −15 arrival
09-07
+3 gate · −19 arrival
09-04
+25 gate · +14 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 −14 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DURDurbanOn-time likelyDUR delay board →
JNBJohannesburgOn-time likelyJNB delay board →
DUR→JNBevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DUR and JNB 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
061422
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T
W
T
F
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Durban to Johannesburg flights today

same route · South African Airways
SA530departs 07:00
SA538departs 09:10
SA546departs 11:00
SA558departs 14:40
SA562departs 15:20
SA566departs 17:00

If SA556 is cancelled, these are the other South African Airways nonstop flights from Durban to Johannesburg on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DUR local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How SA556 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for SA556 across the DUR and JNB boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 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 SA556 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
09-16DUR 13:00 13:06 (+6)JNB 14:10 13:56 (−14)
09-14DUR 13:00 13:11 (+11)JNB 14:10 14:03 (−7)
09-13DUR 13:00 13:06 (+6)JNB 14:10 13:56 (−14)
09-11DUR 13:00 13:20 (+20)JNB 14:10 14:13 (+3)
09-09DUR 13:00 13:12 (+12)JNB 14:10 13:55 (−15)
09-07DUR 13:00 13:03 (+3)JNB 14:10 13:51 (−19)
09-04DUR 13:00 13:25 (+25)JNB 14:10 14:24 (+14)
09-02DUR 13:00 13:01 (+1)JNB 14:10 13:50 (−20)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZS-SZF, ZS-SZM.

Board clocks recorded as DUR and JNB published them.

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