WN1494 WashingtonDCA · 13:05 HoustonHOU · 16:20
WN1494 by Southwest Airlines flies from Washington (DCA) to Houston (HOU) for the Sun, Oct 25 departure.
arrival expected at HOU · on schedule
board checked 17m ago · checking again in 45s
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at DCA and HOU 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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Washington to Houston flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN1494 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Houston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DCA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →
How WN1494 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1494 across the DCA and HOU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left heavily delayed (~75 min) but landed noticeably late (~41 min). Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1494 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: N7748A, N960WN.
Board clocks recorded as DCA and HOU published them.
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Pro Flight Search — WN1494 Washington to Houston on-time performance, measured from the DCA and HOU airport boards.
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