WN2729Southwest Airlines · AUS → RDU
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WN2729 AustinAUS · 14:25 Raleigh/DurhamRDU · 18:15

WN2729 by Southwest Airlines flies from Austin (AUS) to Raleigh/Durham (RDU).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
14:25

scheduled from AUS

Typical gate push+79 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+42 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~37 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+37+73+110 min
10-28
+110 gate · +62 arrival
10-27
+56 gate · +21 arrival
10-21
+101 gate · +76 arrival
10-20
+36 gate · −10 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
AUSAustinHigh riskAUS delay board →
RDURaleigh/DurhamOn-time likelyRDU delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+4 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at AUS and RDU 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

Austin to Raleigh/Durham with Southwest Airlines · Tue 3 Nov, local date

Outlook: high
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
16%1.7× usual

Forecast weather: 35% chance of thunder and 83% chance of rain at Austin; 32% chance of fog at Raleigh/Durham

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 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 Austin to Raleigh/Durham flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN999departs 08:05
WN995departs 08:15
WN417departs 08:40
WN3731departs 12:55
WN614departs 16:30
WN335departs 19:55

If WN2729 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Austin to Raleigh/Durham on the same day, with scheduled departure times in AUS 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 WN2729 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2729 across the AUS and RDU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~50 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 1/4 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2729 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
10-28AUS 14:25 16:15 (+110)RDU 18:15 19:17 (+62)
10-27AUS 14:25 15:21 (+56)RDU 18:15 18:36 (+21)
10-21AUS 14:25 16:06 (+101)RDU 18:15 19:31 (+76)
10-20AUS 14:25 15:01 (+36)RDU 18:15 18:05 (−10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8699A, N8650F, N8662F, N8936Q.

Board clocks recorded as AUS and RDU published them.

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Pro Flight Search: WN2729 Austin to Raleigh/Durham on-time performance, measured from the AUS and RDU airport boards.

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