China Southern Airlines (CZ) on-time performance

Of 2,769 sampled CZ departures, 53.6% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 20.8 minutes. Sample window: Oct 17, 2025 to Oct 15, 2026. Its published schedule has about 386 flights a week on 31 routes.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

On-time performance by month

Month Departures sampled Late Average lateness
Nov 2025 363 62.5% 21.8 min
Dec 2025 68 69.1% 25.4 min
Jan 2026 73 64.4% 28.1 min
Feb 2026 31 51.6% 17.8 min
Mar 2026 74 54.1% 16.5 min
Apr 2026 86 73.3% 26.9 min
May 2026 1,288 43.6% 19.0 min
Jun 2026 65 63.1% 25.6 min
Jul 2026 155 58.7% 21.0 min
Aug 2026 209 64.6% 19.9 min
Sep 2026 218 56.0% 21.0 min
Oct 2026 98 61.2% 22.4 min

On-time performance by airport

Departure airport Departures sampled Late Average lateness
Shenzhen (SZX) 632 40.7% 22.4 min
Schiphol (AMS) 324 73.2% 26.6 min
Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) 313 53.0% 17.8 min
Seoul (Incheon) (ICN) 210 27.1% 11.0 min
Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) 197 46.2% 16.6 min
CAN 171 80.7% 25.7 min
Heathrow (LHR) 167 63.5% 19.4 min
Charles De Gaulle (CDG) 155 81.9% 28.2 min
Gatwick (LGW) 141 57.5% 21.2 min
Los Angeles International (LAX) 89 34.8% 12.7 min

Busiest routes

Fleet by aircraft type

12 active registered aircraft.

Aircraft type Aircraft
Airbus A318/A319/A32 6
Boeing 737 Classic 4
Boeing 737 NG 2

Aircraft on its scheduled flights

On-time history by flight

The CZ flights that are late right now

GET /flight_delays filtered by airline_iata=CZ returns the flights delayed at this moment: flight number, scheduled and actual times and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&airline_iata=CZ

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