WN2540Southwest Airlines · LGA → MCI
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2540 New YorkLGA · 21:35 Kansas CityMCI · 23:45

WN2540 by Southwest Airlines flies from New York (LGA) to Kansas City (MCI) for the Fri, Oct 16 departure.

Right nowDelayed · gate 57
21:39

departs LGA · 4 min late

Typical gate push+48 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+191 minmedian over 2 operations

The route today

live boards
LGANew YorkOn-time likelyLGA delay board →
MCIKansas CityOn-time likelyMCI delay board →
LGA→MCIevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
56%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.9%Chance of cancellation
+30 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by LGA (New York), currently flying IFR (instrument). 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 York to Kansas City flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN979departs 06:30
WN2136departs 08:00
WN519departs 08:30
WN3995departs 08:50
WN1163departs 16:20
WN3996departs 21:05

If WN2540 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from New York to Kansas City on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LGA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN2540 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2540 across the LGA and MCI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +191 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2540 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
10-15LGA 21:35 21:33 (−2)MCI 23:45 23:39 (−6)
10-12LGA 21:35 22:23 (+48)MCI 23:45 02:56 (+191)

Board clocks recorded as LGA and MCI published them.

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