9,205 km · International

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas (MAD) – Beijing Capital (PEK)

In March 2025, 24 flights operated between Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas and Beijing Capital (both directions), and 29.2% left on time, according to Brazil's ANAC.

Flights per month

Only complete months are shown. A month appears once the source has published every day of it.

The most recent periods6 periods
PeriodFlights operated 2024Flights operated 2025Change vs last year
January–26–
February–24–
March–24–
April–––
May–––
June–––
July–––
August–––
September–––
October11––
November23––
December26––

On-time departures by month

Departures within 15 minutes of schedule.

The most recent periods6 periods
PeriodOn-time departures 2024On-time departures 2025Change vs last year
January–19.2%–
February–33.3%–
March–29.2%–
April–––
May–––
June–––
July–––
August–––
September–––
October18.2%––
November34.8%––
December38.5%––

Cancelled flights by month

The most recent periods6 periods
PeriodCancelled flights 2024Cancelled flights 2025Change vs last year
January–0–
February–0–
March–0–
April–––
May–––
June–––
July–––
August–––
September–––
October0––
November0––
December2––

By direction

MAD → PEK

Scheduled flights
68
Flights operated
67
Cancelled
1 · 1.5%
On-time departures
56.7%

PEK → MAD

Scheduled flights
68
Flights operated
67
Cancelled
1 · 1.5%
On-time departures
3.0%

MAD → PEK and PEK → MAD counted separately.

Official monthly figures

according to Eurostat · December 2024

Passengers per month

The most recent periods24 periods
PeriodPassengers 2023Passengers 2024Change vs last year
January1,42313,946▲ 880.0%
February3,65112,707▲ 248.0%
March6,75715,729▲ 132.8%
April6,23915,013▲ 140.6%
May6,02317,458▲ 189.9%
June7,51619,601▲ 160.8%
July10,13820,831▲ 105.5%
August10,01921,321▲ 112.8%
September10,12621,229▲ 109.6%
October10,70821,123▲ 97.3%
November12,82121,648▲ 68.8%
December12,45718,791▲ 50.8%
Year to date (Jan–Dec)97,878219,397▲ 124.2%

Seats offered per month

The most recent periods24 periods
PeriodSeats offered 2023Seats offered 2024Change vs last year
January1,89018,166▲ 861.2%
February4,41016,408▲ 272.1%
March8,08418,166▲ 124.7%
April7,61818,166▲ 138.5%
May7,61825,784▲ 238.5%
June9,37627,835▲ 196.9%
July12,89228,421▲ 120.5%
August12,59928,421▲ 125.6%
September12,89227,542▲ 113.6%
October13,47828,128▲ 108.7%
November17,58030,400▲ 72.9%
December18,16630,179▲ 66.1%
Year to date (Jan–Dec)126,603297,616▲ 135.1%

Load factor (calculated)

Calculated by us: passengers ÷ seats offered, both from the same source and shown on this page.

The most recent periods24 periods
PeriodLoad factor 2023Load factor 2024Change vs last year
January75.3%76.8%▲ 2.0%
February82.8%77.4%▼ 6.5%
March83.6%86.6%▲ 3.6%
April81.9%82.6%▲ 0.9%
May79.1%67.7%▼ 14.4%
June80.2%70.4%▼ 12.2%
July78.6%73.3%▼ 6.7%
August79.5%75.0%▼ 5.7%
September78.5%77.1%▼ 1.8%
October79.4%75.1%▼ 5.4%
November72.9%71.2%▼ 2.3%
December68.6%62.3%▼ 9.2%
Year-to-date average (Jan–Dec)78.4%74.6%▼ 4.8%

Monthly totals for both directions, published by Eurostat. Latest month available: December 2024. Eurostat publishes route figures about two years after the month ends, so recent months are not yet available. These are official counts from a statistics agency. The chart above is our own day-by-day count, so the two will not match exactly.

Airlines on this route

Oct 1, 2024 – Mar 31, 2025
AirlineScheduled flights Share On-time departures Cancelled
Air China CA 136 100.0% 29.9% 2

Shares are of scheduled flights in the period shown. Codeshare flights are counted once, under the operating airline.

Flight timing & delays

Historical departures, grouped by the scheduled local time at the departure airport. These are recorded outcomes, not a forecast for your flight.

Times are local to the departure airport of each flight; both directions are combined.

Every flight on this route reported to ANAC

Source: Brazil's ANAC · Oct 13, 2024 → Mar 29, 2025

Recorded flights136MAD–PEK

Departure hour

Recorded flights Data Integrity
00:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 01:00 · 64 · 64 recorded · 63 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 02:00 · 4 · 4 recorded · 4 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 03:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 04:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 05:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 06:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 07:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 08:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 09:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 10:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 11:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 12:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 13:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 14:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 15:00 · 68 · 68 recorded · 67 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 16:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 17:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 18:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 19:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 20:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 21:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 22:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC 23:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC

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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.

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Departure hourOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
00:00No observations———
01:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—6364
02:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—44
03:00No observations———
04:00No observations———
05:00No observations———
06:00No observations———
07:00No observations———
08:00No observations———
09:00No observations———
10:00No observations———
11:00No observations———
12:00No observations———
13:00No observations———
14:00No observations———
15:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—6768
16:00No observations———
17:00No observations———
18:00No observations———
19:00No observations———
20:00No observations———
21:00No observations———
22:00No observations———
23:00No observations———

Day of week

Recorded flights Data Integrity
Monday · 21 · 21 recorded · 20 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Tuesday · 24 · 24 recorded · 24 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Wednesday · 21 · 21 recorded · 20 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Thursday · 23 · 23 recorded · 23 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Friday · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Saturday · 23 · 23 recorded · 23 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Sunday · 24 · 24 recorded · 24 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC

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Day of weekOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
MondayFewer than 200 measured departures—2021
TuesdayFewer than 200 measured departures—2424
WednesdayFewer than 200 measured departures—2021
ThursdayFewer than 200 measured departures—2323
FridayNo observations———
SaturdayFewer than 200 measured departures—2323
SundayFewer than 200 measured departures—2424

Month of year

Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.

Recorded flights Data Integrity
Jan · 26 · 26 recorded · 25 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Feb · 24 · 24 recorded · 24 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Mar · 25 · 25 recorded · 25 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Apr · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC May · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Jun · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Jul · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Aug · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Sep · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Oct · 11 · 11 recorded · 11 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Nov · 23 · 23 recorded · 23 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC Dec · 27 · 27 recorded · 26 measured · Source: Brazil's ANAC

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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.

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Month of yearOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
JanFewer than 200 measured departures—2526
FebFewer than 200 measured departures—2424
MarFewer than 200 measured departures—2525
AprNo observations———
MayNo observations———
JunNo observations———
JulNo observations———
AugNo observations———
SepNo observations———
OctFewer than 200 measured departures—1111
NovFewer than 200 measured departures—2323
DecFewer than 200 measured departures—2627

Delay and on-time rates need at least 200 measured departures per bucket. Smaller samples remain visible in the flight-count chart. An empty slot means no observations, not zero flights.

Recorded outcomes

  • On time 29.4% 40
  • Delayed >15 min 69.1% 94
  • Cancelled 1.5% 2
  • Missing departure time 0.0% 0

All recorded flights with a known scheduled local time, counted once. Missing actual times are shown separately.

On time means departing no more than 15 minutes after schedule. Cancelled flights and flights missing departure times are excluded from the on-time rate and average delay.

Flight numbers on this route

2
Flight numbersBy direction DeparturesOn time
CA0897 PEK → MAD 68 3.0%
CA0898 MAD → PEK 68 56.7%

Flight numbers are the codes sold on tickets. On shared flights one aircraft can carry several of them. Only numbers with at least 30 flights have a page.

Monthly figures
PeriodFlights operated Change vs last yearCancelled On-time departures
March 2025 24 0 29.2%
February 2025 24 0 33.3%
January 2025 26 0 19.2%
December 2024 26 2 38.5%
November 2024 23 0 34.8%
October 2024 11 0 18.2%

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