WN1511Southwest Airlines · SAN → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1511 San DiegoSAN · 22:40 ChicagoMDW · 04:30

WN1511 by Southwest Airlines flies from San Diego (SAN) to Chicago (MDW) for the Tue, Oct 20 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Chicago · off blocks 22:34 · 6 min early
04:30

estimated arrival at MDW · local time · ~3h 18m from now

LivePosition · updated 8m ago
SAN1,655 mi · ~3h 18m leftMDW
28,900 ftAltitudeclimbing
592 mphSpeed514 kt
54°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 22 min

Typical gate push+29 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~33 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-20
−6 gate
10-19
+29 gate · +21 arrival
10-16
+46 gate · −4 arrival
10-15
−15 arrival

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
SANSan DiegoOn-time likelySAN delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
SAN→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
54%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+19 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SAN and MDW 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 San Diego to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2772departs 06:15
WN4237departs 06:15
WN1785departs 06:30
WN3370departs 11:15
WN1252departs 11:55
WN1301departs 12:25

If WN1511 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from San Diego to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SAN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN1511 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1511 across the SAN and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed -4 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1511 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-20SAN 22:40 22:34 (−6)MDW 04:30
10-19SAN 22:40 23:09 (+29)MDW 04:30 04:51 (+21)
10-16SAN 22:40 23:26 (+46)MDW 04:30 04:26 (−4)
10-15SAN MDW 04:30 04:15 (−15)

Board clocks recorded as SAN and MDW published them.

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