WN1788Southwest Airlines · DEN → SMF
live · 13m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1788 DenverDEN · 12:15 SacramentoSMF · 13:45

WN1788 by Southwest Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Sacramento (SMF).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
11:05

scheduled from DEN

Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~14 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+19 gate · +4 arrival
10-29
+13 gate · −1 arrival
10-28
+20 gate · +14 arrival
10-27
−1 gate · −2 arrival
10-26
+55 gate · +39 arrival
10-25
−3 gate · −27 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 +2 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
DEN→SMFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DEN and SMF 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 Denver

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High19°Clikely 16°C to 22°C
Low3°Clikely 1°C to 5°C

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 Sacramento

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High22°Clikely 19°C to 24°C
Low6°Clikely 4°C to 8°C

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

Other Denver to Sacramento flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1153departs 08:10
WN1787departs 08:35
WN1813departs 08:40
WN264departs 11:55
WN1155departs 12:10
WN371departs 12:40

If WN1788 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Sacramento on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DEN 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 WN1788 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1788 across the DEN and SMF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 4/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1788 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
10-30DEN 12:15 12:34 (+19)SMF 13:45 13:49 (+4)
10-29DEN 12:15 12:28 (+13)SMF 13:45 13:44 (−1)
10-28DEN 08:50 09:10 (+20)SMF 10:20 10:34 (+14)
10-27DEN 08:50 08:49 (−1)SMF 10:20 10:18 (−2)
10-26DEN 12:15 13:10 (+55)SMF 13:45 14:24 (+39)
10-25DEN 10:05 10:02 (−3)SMF 11:40 11:13 (−27)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N907WN, N925WN, N266WN, N7857B.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and SMF published them.

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