WN269Southwest Airlines · STL → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN269 St LouisSTL · 14:25 ChicagoMDW · 15:30

WN269 by Southwest Airlines flies from St Louis (STL) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
10:40

scheduled from STL

Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~18 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-04
+10 gate · −8 arrival
10-30
+27 gate · +2 arrival
10-29
+20 gate · +1 arrival
10-28
+10 gate · −8 arrival
10-27
+79 gate · +58 arrival
10-26
+28 gate · +5 arrival
10-24
+10 gate · −11 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 +2 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
STL→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+11 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by STL (St Louis), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 at St Louis

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High16°Clikely 13°C to 19°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 11°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Chicago

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High12°Clikely 11°C to 14°C
Low10°Clikely 8°C to 11°C
  • 72% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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 St Louis to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2888departs 05:25
WN4173departs 05:45
WN4096departs 05:50
WN3425departs 06:10
WN287departs 10:30
WN4143departs 10:50

If WN269 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from St Louis to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in STL 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 WN269 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN269 across the STL and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 7/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN269 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
11-04STL 14:25 14:35 (+10)MDW 15:30 15:22 (−8)
10-30STL 14:00 14:27 (+27)MDW 15:05 15:07 (+2)
10-29STL 14:00 14:20 (+20)MDW 15:05 15:06 (+1)
10-28STL 14:25 14:35 (+10)MDW 15:30 15:22 (−8)
10-27STL 14:25 15:44 (+79)MDW 15:30 16:28 (+58)
10-26STL 14:00 14:28 (+28)MDW 15:05 15:10 (+5)
10-24STL 16:40 16:50 (+10)MDW 17:45 17:34 (−11)
10-23STL MDW 15:05 15:20 (+15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8514F, N8679A, N228WN, N941WN.

Board clocks recorded as STL and MDW published them.

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