WN1556 HoustonHOU · 22:40 AustinAUS · 23:30
WN1556 by Southwest Airlines flies from Houston (HOU) to Austin (AUS).
scheduled from HOU
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at HOU and AUS 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 at Houston
ForecastThu 5 Nov, local date
Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.
Tomorrow at Austin
ForecastThu 5 Nov, local date
Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.
When it flies
scheduled departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Houston to Austin flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN1556 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Houston to Austin on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HOU 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 WN1556 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1556 across the HOU and AUS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +2 min. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1556 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: N498WN, N7826B.
Board clocks recorded as HOU and AUS published them.
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Pro Flight Search: WN1556 Houston to Austin on-time performance, measured from the HOU and AUS airport boards.
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