WN2846Southwest Airlines · MDW → BUF
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WN2846 ChicagoMDW · 18:40 BuffaloBUF · 21:10

WN2846 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Buffalo (BUF).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
18:40

scheduled from MDW

Typical gate push+1 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~13 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
10-30
−5 gate · −22 arrival
10-29
+16 gate · −3 arrival
10-26
+1 gate · +1 arrival
10-23
−2 gate · −20 arrival
10-22
+5 gate · −12 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 −12 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
BUFBuffaloOn-time likelyBUF delay board →
MDW→BUFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MDW and BUF 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

Chicago to Buffalo with Southwest Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.8%1.0× usual

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 3 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 Chicago to Buffalo flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2012departs 07:45
WN1538departs 07:50
WN826departs 07:55
WN908departs 07:55
WN3556departs 08:00
WN503departs 08:20

If WN2846 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Buffalo 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 WN2846 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2846 across the MDW and BUF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2846 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
10-30MDW 18:40 18:35 (−5)BUF 21:10 20:48 (−22)
10-29MDW 18:40 18:56 (+16)BUF 21:10 21:07 (−3)
10-26MDW 18:40 18:41 (+1)BUF 21:10 21:11 (+1)
10-23MDW 18:40 18:38 (−2)BUF 21:10 20:50 (−20)
10-22MDW 18:40 18:45 (+5)BUF 21:10 20:58 (−12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N966WN, N7734H, N479WN, N227WN.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and BUF published them.

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Pro Flight Search: WN2846 Chicago to Buffalo on-time performance, measured from the MDW and BUF airport boards.

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