WN1947Southwest Airlines · GRR → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1947 Grand RapidsGRR · 06:50 ChicagoMDW · 06:50

WN1947 by Southwest Airlines flies from Grand Rapids (GRR) to Chicago (MDW) for the Tue, Oct 27 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
06:36

arrived at MDW · 14 min early

⚖ WN1947 typically leaves +12 and lands −6. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 15 operations
Wins back in air~18 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-27
+6 gate · −14 arrival
10-26
+15 gate · −6 arrival
10-25
+14 gate · +0 arrival
10-24
+4 gate · −22 arrival
10-23
+12 gate · −6 arrival
10-22
+12 gate · −13 arrival
10-21
+17 gate · −6 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 −6 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
GRRGrand RapidsOn-time likelyGRR delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
GRR→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at GRR 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Grand Rapids to Chicago with Southwest Airlines · Wed 28 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.3%0.8× usual

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

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 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 Grand Rapids to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1948departs 12:35
WN1005departs 13:20
WN1221departs 14:45
WN1500departs 17:05
WN1949departs 17:35

If WN1947 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Grand Rapids to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in GRR local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN1947 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1947 across the GRR and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 14/14 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 WN1947 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
10-27GRR 06:50 06:56 (+6)MDW 06:50 06:36 (−14)
10-26GRR 06:45 07:00 (+15)MDW 06:45 06:39 (−6)
10-25GRR 06:50 07:04 (+14)MDW 06:50 (+0)
10-24GRR 07:00 07:04 (+4)MDW 07:10 06:48 (−22)
10-23GRR 06:45 06:57 (+12)MDW 06:45 06:39 (−6)
10-22GRR 06:45 06:57 (+12)MDW 06:45 06:32 (−13)
10-21GRR 06:50 07:07 (+17)MDW 06:50 06:44 (−6)
10-20GRR 06:50 07:02 (+12)MDW 06:50 06:39 (−11)
10-19GRR 06:45 07:13 (+28)MDW 06:45 06:56 (+11)
10-18GRR 06:50 06:58 (+8)MDW 06:50 06:38 (−12)
10-17GRR 07:00 07:11 (+11)MDW 07:10 06:48 (−22)
10-16GRR 06:45 06:48 (+3)MDW 06:45 06:28 (−17)
10-15GRR 06:45 07:02 (+17)MDW 06:45 06:51 (+6)
10-14GRR 06:50 07:05 (+15)MDW 06:50 06:45 (−5)
10-13GRR 06:50 07:48 (+58)MDW 06:50 07:28 (+38)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N227WN, N951WN, N7875A, N452WN.

Board clocks recorded as GRR and MDW published them.

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