CA1297In the air, 16 min late
Left PEK at 11:56, 16 min after its 11:40 slot.
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Direct flights from Beijing (PEK) to Aksu (AKU): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 3,043 km, an estimated 4 hours 24 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Beijing and Aksu. Updated 1 November 2026 at 15:32 UTC.
Today, PEK → AKU
Sun 1 Nov · local times- 11:40 CA1297 Left 11:56 +16 ·
Checked PEK board 23:32
PEK
Beijing
smooth · +14
AKU
Aksu
tracking
3,043 km · ~4h 24m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
82 / 100
route health from live PEK and AKU delay boards
0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Flight time~4h 24mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysAir ChinaCA
Flights CA1297 varies Tu Th Sa Su
History
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
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Airports right now
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How the Beijing to Aksu route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop PEK to AKU flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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Pro Flight Search: Beijing (PEK) to Aksu (AKU) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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PEK to AKU questions
Is PEK–AKU running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at PEK is the weaker end, route health score 82/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from PEK to AKU?
Great-circle distance is 3,043 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 245–291 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does PEK–AKU fly?
Air China runs the route with about 4 flights a week (sun, tue, thu, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at PEK and arrival-side delay at AKU, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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