MU6017中国东方航空公司In the air, 16 min late
Left PVG at 14:26, 16 min after its 14:10 slot.
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Direct flights from Shanghai (PVG) to Colombo (CMB): 6 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 7 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 5,099 km, an estimated 7 hours 2 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Shanghai and Colombo. Updated 13 November 2026 at 15:08 UTC.
Today, PVG → CMB
Fri 13 Nov · local times- 14:10 MU6017中国东方航空公司 Left 14:26 +16 ·
Checked PVG board 23:08
PVG
Shanghai
busy · +18
CMB
Colombo
tracking
5,099 km · ~7h 02m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 6x weekly · nonstop
76 / 100
route health from live PVG and CMB delay boards
0 of 7 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Flight time~7h 02mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures6x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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China Eastern Airlines
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysChina Eastern AirlinesMU
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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 Shanghai to Colombo route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop PVG to CMB 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: Shanghai (PVG) to Colombo (CMB) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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PVG to CMB questions
Is PVG–CMB running on time right now?
Mostly on schedule. The departure side at PVG is the weaker end, route health score 76/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from PVG to CMB?
Great-circle distance is 5,099 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 390–467 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does PVG–CMB fly?
China Eastern Airlines runs the route with about 6 flights a week (sun, tue, wed, thu, fri, 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 PVG and arrival-side delay at CMB, 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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