SQ478Singapore Airlines · SIN → CPT
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Route confirmed Singapore Airlines

SQ478 SingaporeSIN · 01:15 Cape TownCPT · 09:25

SQ478 by Singapore Airlines flies from Singapore (SIN) to Cape Town (CPT) for the Fri, Sep 25 departure.

Same number through SIN → JNB → CPT

Right nowLanded in Cape Town · today
09:17

arrived at CPT · 8 min early

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−8 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~23 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-24
+15 gate · −8 arrival
09-23
−1 gate · −12 arrival
09-22
+5 gate · −24 arrival
09-21
+15 gate · −1 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
SINSingaporeOn-time likelySIN delay board →
CPTCape TownOn-time likelyCPT delay board →
SIN→CPTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SIN 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.

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.

How SQ478 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for SQ478 across the SIN and CPT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 SQ478 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
09-24SIN 01:15 01:30 (+15)CPT 09:25 09:17 (−8)
09-23SIN 01:15 01:14 (−1)CPT 09:25 09:13 (−12)
09-22SIN 01:15 01:20 (+5)CPT 09:25 09:01 (−24)
09-21SIN 01:15 01:30 (+15)CPT 09:25 09:24 (−1)

Board clocks recorded as SIN and CPT published them.

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