SQ481Singapore Airlines · JNB → SIN
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Route confirmed Singapore Airlines

SQ481 JohannesburgJNB · 20:25 SingaporeSIN · 13:00

SQ481 by Singapore Airlines flies from Johannesburg (JNB) to Singapore (SIN).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
20:25

scheduled from JNB

Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−20 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~36 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
09-16
+32 gate · −11 arrival
09-15
+16 gate · −23 arrival
09-14
+8 gate · −35 arrival
09-13
−20 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
JNBJohannesburgOn-time likelyJNB delay board →
SINSingaporeOn-time likelySIN delay board →
JNB→SINevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
28%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at JNB and SIN 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Johannesburg to Singapore flights today

same route · Singapore Airlines
SQ479departs 13:45

If SQ481 is cancelled, this is the other Singapore Airlines nonstop flight from Johannesburg to Singapore 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 SQ481 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for SQ481 across the JNB and SIN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~20 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 SQ481 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
09-16JNB 20:25 20:57 (+32)SIN 13:00 12:49 (−11)
09-15JNB 20:25 20:41 (+16)SIN 13:00 12:37 (−23)
09-14JNB 20:25 20:33 (+8)SIN 13:00 12:25 (−35)
09-13JNB SIN 13:00 12:40 (−20)

Aircraft

Recent tails: 9V-SMM.

Board clocks recorded as JNB and SIN published them.

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