WN2471Southwest Airlines · SMF → PHX
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2471 SacramentoSMF · 15:50 PhoenixPHX · 17:15

WN2471 by Southwest Airlines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to Phoenix (PHX).

Same number through SMF → LAX → PHX

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
17:55

scheduled from SMF

Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
+14 gate
10-27
+10 gate
10-21
+8 gate
10-20
+18 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
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
PHXPhoenixOn-time likelyPHX delay board →
SMF→PHXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SMF and PHX 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 on this route

Forecast

Sacramento to Los Angeles with Southwest Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.1%1.3× 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 5 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 Sacramento to Phoenix flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4791departs 05:45
WN1843departs 06:00
WN3933departs 07:10
WN1660departs 09:05
WN4441departs 09:20
WN3934departs 10:20

If WN2471 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Sacramento to Phoenix on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SMF 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 WN2471 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2471 across the SMF and PHX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2471 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
10-28SMF 15:50 16:04 (+14)PHX
10-27SMF 15:50 16:00 (+10)PHX
10-21SMF 15:50 15:58 (+8)PHX
10-20SMF 15:50 16:08 (+18)PHX

Aircraft

Recent tails: N283WN, N485WN, N293WN, N499WN.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and PHX published them.

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Pro Flight Search: WN2471 Sacramento to Phoenix on-time performance, measured from the SMF and PHX airport boards.

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