WN2498Southwest Airlines · MSY → HOU
live · 10m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2498 New OrleansMSY · 12:55 HoustonHOU · 14:10

WN2498 by Southwest Airlines flies from New Orleans (MSY) to Houston (HOU) for the Mon, Oct 26 departure.

Right nowLanded in Houston · today
14:42

arrived at HOU · 32 min late

Typical gate push+48 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+23 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~25 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-26
+48 gate · +32 arrival
10-23
+26 gate · +8 arrival
10-22
+23 arrival

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
MSYNew OrleansOn-time likelyMSY delay board →
HOUHoustonOn-time likelyHOU delay board →
MSY→HOUevery 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
0.5%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MSY and HOU 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 New Orleans to Houston flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4706departs 05:20
WN4423departs 06:30
WN3111departs 08:05
WN259departs 08:55
WN3114departs 10:35
WN3116departs 10:55

If WN2498 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to Houston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MSY local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN2498 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2498 across the MSY and HOU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: left noticeably late (~40 min) but landed noticeably late (~23 min). Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2498 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
10-26MSY 12:55 13:43 (+48)HOU 14:10 14:42 (+32)
10-23MSY 12:55 13:21 (+26)HOU 14:10 14:18 (+8)
10-22MSY HOU 14:10 14:33 (+23)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N236WN.

Board clocks recorded as MSY and HOU published them.

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