WN2087Southwest Airlines · HOU → MDW
live · 4m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2087 HoustonHOU · 15:20 ChicagoMDW · 17:45

WN2087 by Southwest Airlines flies from Houston (HOU) to Chicago (MDW) for the Fri, Oct 16 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Chicago · off blocks 16:09 · 49 min late
18:14

estimated arrival at MDW · local time · ~56 min from now

LivePosition · updated 4m ago
HOU470 mi · ~56 min leftMDW
29,000 ftAltitudecruising
545 mphSpeed474 kt
26°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 54 min

Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+34 minmedian over 1 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-16
+49 gate
10-15
+12 gate · +34 arrival
10-14
+3 gate

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
HOUHoustonOn-time likelyHOU delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
HOU→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MDW (Chicago), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Houston to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1444departs 05:00
WN4638departs 07:05
WN2085departs 08:55
WN2828departs 11:50
WN5148departs 11:50
WN234departs 12:55

If WN2087 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Houston to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HOU local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN2087 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2087 across the HOU and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +34 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2087 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
10-16HOU 15:20 16:09 (+49)MDW 17:45
10-15HOU 15:20 15:32 (+12)MDW 17:45 18:19 (+34)
10-14HOU 14:20 14:23 (+3)MDW

Board clocks recorded as HOU and MDW published them.

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