WN1278Southwest Airlines · CMH → TPA
live · 12m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1278 ColumbusCMH · 22:00 TampaTPA · 00:20

WN1278 by Southwest Airlines flies from Columbus (CMH) to Tampa (TPA).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
11:55

scheduled from CMH

Typical gate push+4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 1 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+58+116+174 min
10-19
+4 gate
10-15
−4 arrival
10-13
+174 gate
10-11
−8 gate

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
CMHColumbusOn-time likelyCMH delay board →
TPATampaOn-time likelyTPA delay board →
CMH→TPAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CMH and TPA are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Columbus to Tampa flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1377departs 05:00
WN3775departs 05:20
WN1491departs 12:55
WN1571departs 16:25
WN827departs 18:30

If WN1278 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Columbus to Tampa on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CMH local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN1278 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1278 across the CMH and TPA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +0 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1278 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-19CMH 22:00 22:04 (+4)TPA
10-15CMH 22:00TPA 00:20 00:16 (−4)
10-13CMH 22:00 00:54 (+174)TPA
10-11CMH 21:55 21:47 (−8)TPA

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8838Q, N8761L.

Board clocks recorded as CMH and TPA published them.

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