WN1416Southwest Airlines · DAL → MDW
updated 57m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1416 DallasDAL · 22:55 ChicagoMDW · 01:10

WN1416 by Southwest Airlines flies from Dallas (DAL) to Chicago (MDW) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
00:40

arrived at MDW · 30 min early

Typical gate push+56 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+27 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~29 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+3 gate · −30 arrival
10-30
+3 gate · −30 arrival
10-29
+71 gate · +37 arrival
10-26
+46 gate · +12 arrival
10-23
+56 gate · +27 arrival
10-22
+88 gate · +65 arrival
10-19
+85 gate · +65 arrival

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

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival +27 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DALDallasModerate riskDAL delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
DAL→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+12 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DAL and MDW are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Dallas to Chicago with Southwest Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
9.7%1.0× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 6 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Dallas to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1411departs 06:00
WN1895departs 06:00
WN908departs 06:15
WN8departs 09:45
WN1334departs 09:55
WN4755departs 10:00

If WN1416 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DAL local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How WN1416 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1416 across the DAL and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~27 min late. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 3/7 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1416 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
10-31DAL 22:55 22:58 (+3)MDW 01:10 00:40 (−30)
10-30DAL 22:55 22:58 (+3)MDW 01:10 00:40 (−30)
10-29DAL 22:55 00:06 (+71)MDW 01:10 01:47 (+37)
10-26DAL 22:55 23:41 (+46)MDW 01:10 01:22 (+12)
10-23DAL 22:55 23:51 (+56)MDW 01:10 01:37 (+27)
10-22DAL 22:55 00:23 (+88)MDW 01:10 02:15 (+65)
10-19DAL 22:55 00:20 (+85)MDW 01:10 02:15 (+65)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8937Q, N8680C, N8825Q, N871HK.

Board clocks recorded as DAL and MDW published them.

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