Is China Airlines on time? CI
Landing within 15 minutes of schedule, over the last 12 months.
Source: our own arrival tracking. Last refreshed: 2026-10-07.
Month by month
| Month | On time | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10 | 78% | 0.6% |
| 2026-09 | 80% | 0.8% |
| 2026-08 | 78% | 1.0% |
| 2026-07 | 76% | 1.4% |
| 2026-06 | 83% | 0.3% |
| 2026-05 | 84% | 0.2% |
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Busiest routes
| Route | On time | Worst 1 in 10 |
|---|---|---|
| AMS to LHR | 77% | about 39 min |
| TPE to HKG | 84% | about 26 min |
| MEL to SYD | 79% | about 36 min |
| BNE to SYD | 78% | about 29 min |
| SYD to BNE | 81% | about 25 min |
| LAX to SFO | 54% | about 59 min |
| SYD to AKL | 67% | about 40 min |
| CGK to SIN | 85% | about 21 min |
| AKL to SYD | 80% | about 35 min |
| CDG to AMS | 79% | about 31 min |
| ADL to SYD | 85% | about 23 min |
| TPE to ICN | 85% | about 24 min |
How these numbers are made
On time means the aircraft arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Cancelled flights are not counted as on time, and they are not counted as late either. They have their own figure.
Worst 1 in 10 is the delay that one arrival in ten exceeds. An average hides the days that ruin a trip; this does not.
A route or an airline appears only once we hold enough measured arrivals for it. Below that the number moves too much on a single bad week to be worth printing.
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