WN2491Southwest Airlines · LAX → MDW
live · 7m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2491 Los AngelesLAX · 23:55 ChicagoMDW · 05:50

WN2491 by Southwest Airlines flies from Los Angeles (LAX) to Chicago (MDW) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Chicago
05:50

estimated arrival at MDW · local time · ~27 min from now

LivePosition · updated 7m ago
LAX255 mi · ~27 min leftMDW
33,000 ftAltitudecruising
545 mphSpeed474 kt
78°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 2h 48m

⚖ WN2491 typically leaves +15 and lands −9. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~24 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+75+151+226 min
10-21
+2 gate · −25 arrival
10-20
+13 gate · −17 arrival
10-19
+25 gate · +6 arrival
10-18
+47 gate · +15 arrival
10-17
+15 gate · −9 arrival
10-16
+226 gate · +219 arrival
10-15
+15 gate · −12 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 −9 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
MDWChicagoModerate riskMDW delay board →
LAX→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
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LAX 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 →

When it flies

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

Other Los Angeles to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2914departs 05:25
WN3884departs 06:15
WN4429departs 06:15
WN899departs 09:25
WN1381departs 11:10
WN2497departs 12:05

If WN2491 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LAX local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN2491 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2491 across the LAX and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 10/12 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2491 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
10-21LAX 23:55 23:57 (+2)MDW 05:50 05:25 (−25)
10-20LAX 23:55 00:08 (+13)MDW 05:50 05:33 (−17)
10-19LAX 23:55 00:20 (+25)MDW 05:50 05:56 (+6)
10-18LAX 23:55 00:42 (+47)MDW 05:50 06:05 (+15)
10-17LAX 23:55 00:10 (+15)MDW 05:50 05:41 (−9)
10-16LAX 23:55 03:41 (+226)MDW 05:50 09:29 (+219)
10-15LAX 23:55 00:10 (+15)MDW 05:50 05:38 (−12)
10-14LAX 23:55 00:11 (+16)MDW 05:50 05:35 (−15)
10-13LAX 23:55 00:09 (+14)MDW 05:50 05:25 (−25)
10-12LAX 23:55 00:09 (+14)MDW 05:50 05:20 (−30)
10-11LAX MDW 05:50 06:34 (+44)
10-10LAX 23:55 00:04 (+9)MDW 05:50 05:34 (−16)
10-09LAX 23:55 00:15 (+20)MDW 05:50 05:52 (+2)
10-08LAX MDW 05:50 (+0)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N472WN, N480WN, N930WN, N7860A.

Board clocks recorded as LAX and MDW published them.

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