Informational Guide to Seoul Incheon International Airport (ICN) - Non Official

KE161 Korean Air - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about Korean Air flight KE161, which currently operates between the airports of Seoul - Seoul Incheon International Airport (Airport Code ICN) and Kunming - Kunming Changshui International Airport (Airport Code KMG).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Thursday, October 30, 2025.

KE161 On Time performance:
42
We have calculated the percentage of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, or earlier, based on real flight data from the last 3 months. More about punctuality and delays

Flight Status

KE161 Korean Air to Kunming

Airline information

Korean Air
Korean Air

Departure

Seoul (ICN)
October 27, 2025
Seoul Incheon International Airport

Arrival

Kunming (KMG)
October 27, 2025
Kunming Changshui International Airport
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Codeshare Flights

This flight is shared with other airlines, this means that these other flights are the same:

- MU8966 - China Eastern Airlines

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight KE161?
The flight KE161 is scheduled to flight on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday on a weekly basis.

Which is the distance of flight KE161?
The distance between the two airports is 2612 kilometers.

Which is the flight time of flight KE161?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 05:00 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 04:29 hours.

Are the departure airport and arrival airport at the same Time Zone?
No, each airport is in a different timezone. The times shown above, are presented in the local time of each respective airport.
Current Time in Seoul: 2025-10-30 10:30:12
Current Time in Kunming: 2025-10-30 09:30:12

Alternative Flights

The following airline serve the same route between Seoul and Kunming:
China Eastern Airlines - Flight Number: MU2004. (On Time performance: 96 - Average Delay: 3 minutes)

Punctuality and delays

We have gathered data from recent months and present below an analysis of how timely the flights have been.

In terms of On-Time Performance, by analyzing the flight data from the last three months, spanning from July 25, 2025 to October 24, 2025, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 53
On Time: 22 ( 42 % )
Moderate Delay: 19 ( 36 % )
Significant Delay: 11 ( 21 % )
Major Delay: 1 ( 2 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 18 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Weekday: We have gathered available data from last six months, spanning from April 25, 2025 to October 24, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by day of the week: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per day, and average delay per day.

Delays analyzed by Month: We have gathered available data from last twelve closed months, spanning from October 14, 2024 to September 29, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by month: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per month, and average delay per month.

Last Past Flights KE161

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Wednesday
29 October
18:41
Seoul (ICN)
22:21
Kunming (KMG)
04h 40min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Monday
27 October
09:48
Seoul (ICN)
14:45
Kunming (KMG)
05h 57min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Sunday
26 October
19:03
Seoul (ICN)
22:57
Kunming (KMG)
04h 54min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Friday
24 October
18:42
Seoul (ICN)
22:24
Kunming (KMG)
04h 42min
Boeing 737-900
Boeing 737-900
Landed - On-time
Wednesday
22 October
18:53
Seoul (ICN)
22:30
Kunming (KMG)
04h 37min
Boeing 737-900
Boeing 737-900
Landed - Delayed
Monday
20 October
18:40
Seoul (ICN)
22:42
Kunming (KMG)
05h 02min
Boeing 737-900
Boeing 737-900
Landed - Delayed
Sunday
19 October
19:01
Seoul (ICN)
22:47
Kunming (KMG)
04h 46min
Boeing 737-900
Boeing 737-900
Landed - Delayed
Friday
17 October
19:12
Seoul (ICN)
23:01
Kunming (KMG)
04h 49min
Boeing 737-900
Boeing 737-900
Landed - Delayed
Wednesday
15 October
18:47
Seoul (ICN)
22:30
Kunming (KMG)
04h 43min
Boeing 737-900
Boeing 737-900
Landed - Delayed
Monday
13 October
18:40
Seoul (ICN)
22:13
Kunming (KMG)
04h 33min
Boeing 737-900
Boeing 737-900
Landed - On-time