SFO → CANSan Francisco to Guangzhou

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Direct flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Guangzhou (CAN): 2 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 63 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 11,080 km, an estimated 14 hours 42 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at San Francisco and Guangzhou. Updated 9 September 2026 at 09:39 UTC.

SFO San Francisco smooth · +0
CAN Guangzhou smooth · +0
11,080 km · ~14h 42m est.
departs 00:352x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 2x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live SFO and CAN delay boards

Median arrival delay is −63 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival−63 minacross the last 3 operated legs
Flight time~14h 42mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures2x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
China Southern 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 days
China Southern AirlinesCZ

Flights CZ658 00:35 We Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
09-09CZ658departed−23
09-06CZ658dep −25 → arr−83
09-02CZ658dep −22 → arr−63

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
SFOSan Francisco +0 min smooth 🌤 scattered clouds · S 4 kt Full SFO delay board →
CANGuangzhou +0 min smooth 🌤 mostly cloudy · ENE 6 kt Full CAN delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at SFO: 53% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +23 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the San Francisco to Guangzhou route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop SFO to CAN 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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How we measure this →

SFO to CAN questions

Is SFO–CAN running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from SFO to CAN?

Great-circle distance is 11,080 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 812–980 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does SFO–CAN fly?

China Southern Airlines runs the route with about 2 flights a week (sun, wed). 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 SFO and arrival-side delay at CAN, 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.