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(3U) Sichuan Airlines 8979 Flight Details

On time | Arrived

Departure

CTU

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, CN

Flight Gate Times

29-Apr-2026

Scheduled

06:40

 CST

Actual

06:44

 CST

Total Departure Delay: 4 mins

Flight Runway Times

29-Apr-2026

Scheduled

--

Actual

07:01

 CST

Runway Delay: -

Terminal

T1

Gate

-

Craft Type

Airbus A321 (sharklets)

32B

Flight Time

Scheduled

2h 40m

Arrival

WUX

Wuxi Sunan Shuofang International Airport, CN

Flight Gate Times

29-Apr-2026

Scheduled

09:20

 CST

Actual

09:22

 CST

Total Arrival Delay: 2 mins

Flight Runway Times

29-Apr-2026

Scheduled

--

Actual

09:12

 CST

Runway Delay: -

Terminal

T2

Gate

-

Baggage Claim

8

Tail Number

B-302S

Flight Time

Actual

2h 38m

Flight Notes

Also marketed as (G5) China Express Airlines 8937, (MF) Xiamen Airlines 5105, (MU) China Eastern Airlines 3563

Event Timeline

Time

Date

UTC

Event

Data Updated

29 Apr

01:37

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:21 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:22 AM

Actual Gate Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:21 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:22 AM

29 Apr

01:36

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:14 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:21 AM

Actual Gate Arrival changed to Apr-29-2026 9:21 AM

29 Apr

01:19

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:11 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:12 AM

Actual Runway Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:11 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:12 AM

29 Apr

01:16

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:10 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:11 AM

Actual Runway Arrival changed to Apr-29-2026 9:11 AM

Status changed from Active to Landed

29 Apr

00:31

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:13 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:10 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:17 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:14 AM

28 Apr

23:29

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:10 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:13 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:14 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:17 AM

28 Apr

23:19

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:07 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:10 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:11 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:14 AM

28 Apr

23:14

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:13 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:07 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:17 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:11 AM

28 Apr

23:13

Estimated Runway Departure changed from Apr-29-2026 7:02 AM to Apr-29-2026 7:01 AM

Actual Runway Departure changed from Apr-29-2026 7:02 AM to Apr-29-2026 7:01 AM

28 Apr

23:05

Estimated Runway Departure changed from Apr-29-2026 7:01 AM to Apr-29-2026 7:02 AM

Actual Runway Departure changed from Apr-29-2026 7:01 AM to Apr-29-2026 7:02 AM

28 Apr

23:04

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 8:56 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:13 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 9:02 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:17 AM

28 Apr

23:03

Estimated Runway Arrival changed to Apr-29-2026 8:56 AM

28 Apr

23:03

Estimated Runway Departure changed to Apr-29-2026 7:01 AM

Actual Runway Departure changed to Apr-29-2026 7:01 AM

28 Apr

22:52

Estimated Gate Departure changed from Apr-29-2026 6:57 AM to Apr-29-2026 6:44 AM

Actual Gate Departure changed to Apr-29-2026 6:44 AM

Tail Number changed to B-302S

Actual Equipment changed to 32B

Status changed from Scheduled to Active

28 Apr

22:47

Estimated Gate Departure changed from Apr-29-2026 6:46 AM to Apr-29-2026 6:57 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 8:51 AM to Apr-29-2026 9:02 AM

28 Apr

22:13

Estimated Gate Departure changed from Apr-29-2026 6:40 AM to Apr-29-2026 6:46 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Apr-29-2026 8:45 AM to Apr-29-2026 8:51 AM

28 Apr

18:24

Estimated Gate Departure changed to Apr-29-2026 6:40 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed to Apr-29-2026 8:45 AM

Baggage changed to 8

28 Apr

10:47

Departure Terminal changed from 1 to T1

Arrival Terminal changed to T2

26 Apr

18:02

26 Apr

18:02

Scheduled Gate Departure changed to Apr-29-2026 6:40 AM

Scheduled Gate Arrival changed to Apr-29-2026 9:20 AM

Departure Terminal changed to 1

Scheduled Equipment changed to 320