CXA8706

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Departure · Penang (PEN)

Terminal PEN · Gate A5

Scheduled 02 Oct 17:50 · Departed 02 Oct 18:53 · +63 min

Board status: DEPARTED

Airborne since 02 Oct 18:55 (ADS-B)

Board data from mahb_pen, updated 81 min ago; times local to each airport.

Flight

Status

In progress

Departure

Butterworth Airport (BWH) — Butterworth, Malaysia

Scheduled departure

2026-10-02 09:50 UTC

Departed

2026-10-02 10:55 UTC

Arrival

Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) — Xiamen, China (scheduled)

Progress

89% · ~26m remaining

Also flies as

MF8706

Distance flown

2605 km

Straight-line distance

2844 km

Aircraft

Registration

B-5688

Type

Boeing 737-800

Seats

170 total (162 Economy, 8 Business)

CO2 (EMEP est., total)

82.6 t (802 kg/pax Business, 469 kg/pax Economy)

Altitude & speed

Max altitude

31,000 ft

Max ground speed

453 kt

Tracked

3h 20m · 2,605 km

Note

still in progress - the track so far

Altitude (ft, max 31,000)

Ground speed (kt, max 453)

Altitude (ft, max 31,000)

Ground speed (kt, max 453)

From the ADS-B positions we received; time since the first fix. A dashed stretch is a gap in reception, bridged by a straight line.

Route map

Airlines

Air China (CCA)

China Southern Airlines (CSN)

XiamenAir (CXA)

Hebei Airlines (HBH)

Latest flights

Departed	Flight	Route	Reg	Aircraft	Status	Distance
2026-10-02 10:55 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → XMN Butterworth → Xiamen	B-5688	Boeing 737-800	In progress	~2844 km est.
2026-10-01 12:18 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → XMN Butterworth → Xiamen	B-5657	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	2723 km
2026-09-30 11:16 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → XMN Butterworth → Xiamen	B-6486	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	~2898 km est. (46 km recorded)
2026-09-28 11:02 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5602	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	2628 km
2026-09-27 11:12 UTC	CXA8706	PEN → XMN Penang → Xiamen	B-6490	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	~453 km est. (0 km recorded)
2026-09-26 11:02 UTC	CXA8706	PEN → XMN Penang → Xiamen	B-5528	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	2497 km
2026-09-25 11:21 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5551	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	102 km
2026-09-24 10:58 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5751	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	2757 km
2026-09-23 11:40 UTC	CXA8706	PEN → XMN Penang → Xiamen	B-6487	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	~463 km est. (104 km recorded)
2026-09-20 11:46 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5532	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	88 km
2026-09-19 11:05 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5792	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	82 km
2026-09-18 11:36 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5388	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	2788 km
2026-09-17 11:14 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5476	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	76 km
2026-09-16 11:04 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-1708	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	109 km
2026-09-15 11:01 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5688	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	75 km
2026-09-14 11:08 UTC	CXA8706	PEN → XMN Penang → Xiamen	B-6489	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	2779 km
2026-09-13 11:21 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5845	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	49 km
2026-09-12 10:54 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-1964	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	81 km
2026-09-11 11:32 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5708	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	43 km
2026-09-11 11:29 UTC	CXA8706	PEN → XMN Penang → Xiamen	—	—	From schedule	~2866 km est.
2026-09-10 11:05 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-1964	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	45 km
2026-09-08 11:02 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5551	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	96 km
2026-09-05 11:10 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-1915	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	2487 km
2026-09-03 11:05 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-1915	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	60 km
2026-08-30 15:07 UTC	CXA8706	? → JJN ? → Quanzhou	B-5383	Boeing 737-800	Completed	656 km
2026-08-28 11:10 UTC	CXA8706	? → ?	B-5383	Boeing 737-800	Completed	2811 km
2026-08-27 12:30 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5707	Boeing 737-800	Completed	85 km
2026-08-26 12:04 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5657	Boeing 737-800	Completed	74 km
2026-08-25 15:50 UTC	CXA8706	? → ?	B-1915	Boeing 737-800	Completed	22 km
2026-08-20 14:40 UTC	CXA8706	? → ?	B-5388	Boeing 737-800	Completed	234 km
2026-08-18 15:04 UTC	CXA8706	? → ?	B-1706	Boeing 737-800	Completed	18 km
2026-08-17 16:29 UTC	CXA8706	? → ?	B-6486	Boeing 737-800	Completed	2731 km
2026-08-14 12:49 UTC	CXA8706	BWH → ? Butterworth → ?	B-5487	Boeing 737-800	Completed	2593 km
2026-08-12 10:29 UTC	CXA8706	TNA → ? Jinan → ?	B-5435	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	7537 km
2026-08-12 04:29 UTC	CXA8706	JJN → ? Quanzhou → ?	B-5532	Boeing 737-800	Incomplete (signal lost)	5266 km