WN240Southwest Airlines · ATL → MDW
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WN240 AtlantaATL · 08:20 ChicagoMDW · 09:15

WN240 by Southwest Airlines flies from Atlanta (ATL) to Chicago (MDW) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
09:00

arrived at MDW · 15 min early

⚖ WN240 typically leaves +16 and lands +3. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+3 minmedian over 10 operations
Wins back in air~13 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+40+80+120 min
10-28
+15 gate · −15 arrival
10-27
+17 gate · −5 arrival
10-26
+120 gate · +11 arrival
10-25
+18 gate · +3 arrival
10-24
+9 gate · −3 arrival
10-23
+41 gate · +26 arrival
10-22
+12 gate · −13 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 +3 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ATLAtlantaOn-time likelyATL delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
ATL→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ATL 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

Atlanta to Chicago with Southwest Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.2%0.7× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
11%1.0× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 4 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Atlanta to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN5089departs 09:20
WN241departs 11:15
WN4193departs 11:30
WN271departs 12:05
WN414departs 12:15
WN187departs 13:05

If WN240 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ATL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN240 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN240 across the ATL and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 9/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN240 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
10-28ATL 08:20 08:35 (+15)MDW 09:15 09:00 (−15)
10-27ATL 08:20 08:37 (+17)MDW 09:15 09:10 (−5)
10-26ATL 08:00 10:00 (+120)MDW 08:55 09:06 (+11)
10-25ATL 07:55 08:13 (+18)MDW 08:50 08:53 (+3)
10-24ATL 08:30 08:39 (+9)MDW 09:25 09:22 (−3)
10-23ATL 08:00 08:41 (+41)MDW 08:55 09:21 (+26)
10-22ATL 08:00 08:12 (+12)MDW 08:55 08:42 (−13)
10-21ATL 08:20 08:36 (+16)MDW 09:15 09:12 (−3)
10-20ATL 08:20 (+0)MDW 09:15 09:21 (+6)
10-19ATL 08:00 08:20 (+20)MDW 08:55 09:00 (+5)
10-18ATL 07:55 08:08 (+13)MDW

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8792Q, N254WN, N8308K, N286WN.

Board clocks recorded as ATL and MDW published them.

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