Cathay Pacific Delay Rate, Cancellations & On-Time Performance CX

On-time departure and arrival rates compiled from operational records, covering every flight operated to and from Japan. Switch the period with the tabs below.

Delay rate 24.7% Delay rate is the share of flights departing more than 15 minutes after schedule (100% − on-time departure)

Cancellation: 0.2% / Avg delay when late: 52min

Last 28 days ・ 1103 flights ・ Includes estimates 72 estimated

Some airlines do not publish gate departure/arrival times. For those flights we estimate the gate times from the takeoff/landing record and the airport's measured taxi times (validated at 3.5 min mean error, 94.4% agreement on the on-time call). Without the estimate, those airlines' flights would drop out of the sample entirely and cross-airline comparison would break.

DailyWeeklyMonthly

Daily · Last 30 days

On-time departureOn timeDelayed

50%70%90%050 91.7%53.5%63.4%2026-09-0641 flights ・ Avg delay when late +44minOn time 26 ・ Delayed 1593.8%2026-09-0732 flights ・ Avg delay when late +36minOn time 30 ・ Delayed 290.2%2026-09-0841 flights ・ Avg delay when late +23minOn time 37 ・ Delayed 476.5%2026-09-0934 flights ・ Avg delay when late +37minOn time 26 ・ Delayed 885.7%2026-09-1042 flights ・ Avg delay when late +39minOn time 36 ・ Delayed 668.6%2026-09-1135 flights ・ Avg delay when late +77minOn time 24 ・ Delayed 1176.7%2026-09-1243 flights ・ Avg delay when late +29minOn time 33 ・ Delayed 1064.3%2026-09-1342 flights ・ Avg delay when late +52minOn time 27 ・ Delayed 1590.6%2026-09-1432 flights ・ Avg delay when late +32minOn time 29 ・ Delayed 385%2026-09-1540 flights ・ Avg delay when late +32minOn time 34 ・ Delayed 676.9%2026-09-1639 flights ・ Avg delay when late +44minOn time 30 ・ Delayed 993.3%2026-09-1745 flights ・ Avg delay when late +73minOn time 42 ・ Delayed 385%2026-09-1840 flights ・ Avg delay when late +30minOn time 34 ・ Delayed 679.5%2026-09-1944 flights ・ Avg delay when late +137minOn time 35 ・ Delayed 978.6%2026-09-2042 flights ・ Avg delay when late +57minOn time 33 ・ Delayed 981.8%2026-09-2133 flights ・ Avg delay when late +382minOn time 27 ・ Delayed 669.6%2026-09-2246 flights ・ Avg delay when late +60minOn time 32 ・ Delayed 1492.9%2026-09-2342 flights ・ Avg delay when late +67minOn time 39 ・ Delayed 377.8%2026-09-2445 flights ・ Avg delay when late +28minOn time 35 ・ Delayed 1082.9%2026-09-2541 flights ・ Avg delay when late +49minOn time 34 ・ Delayed 755.8%2026-09-2643 flights ・ Avg delay when late +36minOn time 24 ・ Delayed 1953.5%2026-09-2743 flights ・ Avg delay when late +39minOn time 23 ・ Delayed 2057.9%2026-09-2838 flights ・ Avg delay when late +47minOn time 22 ・ Delayed 1654.3%2026-09-2946 flights ・ Avg delay when late +59minOn time 25 ・ Delayed 2188.1%2026-09-3042 flights ・ Avg delay when late +35minOn time 37 ・ Delayed 563%2026-10-0146 flights ・ Avg delay when late +34minOn time 29 ・ Delayed 1760.5%2026-10-0238 flights ・ Avg delay when late +32minOn time 23 ・ Delayed 1561.9%2026-10-0342 flights ・ Avg delay when late +47minOn time 26 ・ Delayed 1690%2026-10-04 (Provisional)40 flights ・ Avg delay when late +32minOn time 36 ・ Delayed 491.7%2026-10-05 (Provisional)36 flights ・ Avg delay when late +37minOn time 33 ・ Delayed 3

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Line = on-time departure rate (left axis); bars = flights operated (right axis), stacked as on-time and delayed. Hover (or tap) a point for the breakdown and the average delay of delayed flights. The green band marks 90% on-time departures and above. Dashed segments and pale bars are provisional, before the actuals are final.

Weekly · Last 12 weeks (from Monday)

On-time departureOn timeDelayed

40%60%80%100%0500 91.7%44.4%60.1%Week of 2026-07-20253 flights ・ Avg delay when late +50minOn time 152 ・ Delayed 10144.4%Week of 2026-07-27297 flights ・ Avg delay when late +50minOn time 132 ・ Delayed 16556.5%Week of 2026-08-03306 flights ・ Avg delay when late +54minOn time 173 ・ Delayed 13352.5%Week of 2026-08-10297 flights ・ Avg delay when late +51minOn time 156 ・ Delayed 14161.8%Week of 2026-08-17306 flights ・ Avg delay when late +42minOn time 189 ・ Delayed 11769.8%Week of 2026-08-24308 flights ・ Avg delay when late +39minOn time 215 ・ Delayed 9374.5%Week of 2026-08-31282 flights ・ Avg delay when late +43minOn time 210 ・ Delayed 7279.2%Week of 2026-09-07269 flights ・ Avg delay when late +47minOn time 213 ・ Delayed 5684%Week of 2026-09-14282 flights ・ Avg delay when late +63minOn time 237 ・ Delayed 4573%Week of 2026-09-21293 flights ・ Avg delay when late +57minOn time 214 ・ Delayed 7967.8%Week of 2026-09-28 (Provisional)292 flights ・ Avg delay when late +44minOn time 198 ・ Delayed 9491.7%Week of 2026-10-05 (Provisional)36 flights ・ Avg delay when late +37minOn time 33 ・ Delayed 3

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Monthly · Last 12 months

On-time departureOn timeDelayed

50%60%70%80%02000 72.8%55.3%55.3%2026-07749 flights ・ Avg delay when late +52minOn time 414 ・ Delayed 33560.8%2026-081349 flights ・ Avg delay when late +48minOn time 820 ・ Delayed 52976.4%2026-091209 flights ・ Avg delay when late +51minOn time 924 ・ Delayed 28572.8%2026-10 (Provisional)202 flights ・ Avg delay when late +37minOn time 147 ・ Delayed 55

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“Provisional” values are preliminary. The last 2 days are still being corrected, so they may change slightly.

By route

Last 24 months

Most punctual

	Dep	n	Arr
Kansai→Hong Kong KIX-HKG	82.1%	n=351	91.5%
Taiwan Taoyuan→Chubu Centrair TPE-NGO	78.1%	n=73	84.9%
Taiwan Taoyuan→Kansai TPE-KIX	72.2%	n=72	69.4%
Taiwan Taoyuan→Narita TPE-NRT	72.2%	n=72	69.4%
Hong Kong→Chubu Centrair HKG-NGO	67.6%	n=136	62.5%
Tokyo Haneda→Hong Kong HND-HKG	67.4%	n=144	88.2%
Hong Kong→Kansai HKG-KIX	66.9%	n=375	65.3%
Hong Kong→Narita HKG-NRT	63.8%	n=401	62.6%
Hong Kong→Fukuoka HKG-FUK	63.3%	n=158	69.6%

Least punctual

	Dep	n	Arr
Narita→Taiwan Taoyuan NRT-TPE	45.5%	n=121	52.9%
Hong Kong→New Chitose HKG-CTS	45.6%	n=79	63.3%
Chubu Centrair→Taiwan Taoyuan NGO-TPE	54.8%	n=73	72.6%
Chubu Centrair→Hong Kong NGO-HKG	59.6%	n=136	80.9%
Kansai→Taiwan Taoyuan KIX-TPE	59.7%	n=72	75.0%
New Chitose→Hong Kong CTS-HKG	60.8%	n=79	81.0%
Hong Kong→Tokyo Haneda HKG-HND	61.8%	n=144	63.2%
Fukuoka→Hong Kong FUK-HKG	61.8%	n=157	79.0%
Narita→Hong Kong NRT-HKG	62.0%	n=353	79.3%

Routes flown

Routes not in the ranking above, ordered by flights in the last 28 days. The route pages show every airline's record.

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Domestic / International

	On-time departure		Avg delay when late	n
International		75.3%	+52min	n=1101

Avg delay when late counts only flights that departed more than 15 minutes behind schedule

By aircraft type

		Avg delay when late	n
Wide-body
B777	65.1%	+51min	n=421
A330	83.7%	+44min	n=344
A350	79.7%	+49min	n=118
B747	54.7%	—	n=64
Narrow-body
A320	89.6%	+85min	n=154

Avg delay when late counts only flights that departed more than 15 minutes behind schedule / Variants of the same type (B788, B789, B78X and so on) are grouped into one row.

By departure time

	On-time departure		Avg delay when late	n
0:00-3:00		86.7%	+35min	n=75
3:00-6:00	—	Collecting data	—	n=1
6:00-9:00		67.5%	+68min	n=123
9:00-12:00		69.5%	+51min	n=347
12:00-15:00		85.8%	+42min	n=106
15:00-18:00		75.1%	+46min	n=333
18:00-21:00		82%	+72min	n=89
21:00-24:00		92.6%	+30min	n=27

Avg delay when late counts only flights that departed more than 15 minutes behind schedule

By day of week Last 24 months

Mon

Dep

72.1%n=387

Arr

78%n=387

Tue

Dep

59.6%n=436

Arr

70.3%n=434

Wed

Dep

75.3%n=405

Arr

82%n=405

Thu

Dep

60%n=490

Arr

66.5%n=490

Fri

Dep

63.4%n=440

Arr

70.7%n=440

Sat

Dep

62.1%n=480

Arr

71.4%n=479

Sun

Dep

66.2%n=385

Arr

75.1%n=385

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Updated: 2026-10-06 / Last 28 days