WN2842Southwest Airlines · MDW → BOS
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2842 ChicagoMDW · 11:00 BostonBOS · 14:25

WN2842 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Boston (BOS) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowEn route to Boston · off blocks 10:59 · 1 min early
En route

en route from MDW to BOS

En routeWN2842 · position estimated
MDWChicagoBOSBoston
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 10:59.

Typical gate push−3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−22 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
−1 gate · −22 arrival
10-30
−5 gate · −30 arrival
10-29
−1 gate · −22 arrival
10-28
−7 gate · −21 arrival
10-27
−29 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 −22 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
MDW→BOSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.2%Chance of cancellation
+14 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by BOS (Boston), 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 Chicago

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High10°Clikely 9°C to 11°C
Low5°Clikely 3°C to 7°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 Boston

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 22°C
Low16°Clikely 13°C to 18°C
  • 97% 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 Chicago to Boston flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3457departs 05:30
WN4113departs 07:50
WN4535departs 07:50
WN1900departs 08:15
WN1901departs 10:20
WN4649departs 12:45

If WN2842 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Boston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW 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 WN2842 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2842 across the MDW and BOS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~25 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 WN2842 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
11-05MDW 11:00 10:59 (−1)BOS 14:25 14:03 (−22)
10-30MDW 11:00 10:55 (−5)BOS 14:25 13:55 (−30)
10-29MDW 11:00 10:59 (−1)BOS 14:25 14:03 (−22)
10-28MDW 09:10 09:03 (−7)BOS 12:30 12:09 (−21)
10-27MDW 09:10BOS 12:30 12:01 (−29)

Board clocks recorded as MDW and BOS published them.

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