WN2850Southwest Airlines · MDW → BWI
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2850 ChicagoMDW · 18:25 BaltimoreBWI · 21:15

WN2850 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Baltimore (BWI) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate B17 · as of 05:53
18:25

departs MDW · on schedule

Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+8 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~3 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+70 arrival
10-28
−7 gate · −27 arrival
10-27
−6 gate · −25 arrival
10-26
+11 gate · −4 arrival
10-23
+36 gate · +20 arrival
10-22
+82 gate · +70 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 +8 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoModerate riskMDW delay board →
BWIBaltimoreOn-time likelyBWI delay board →
MDW→BWIevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MDW and BWI 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 Baltimore with Southwest Airlines · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: elevated
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.3%0.5× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
12%1.3× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 5 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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Baltimore flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1799departs 05:00
WN1177departs 05:10
WN2629departs 05:30
WN997departs 06:55
WN973departs 07:25
WN2630departs 08:10

If WN2850 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Baltimore 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 WN2850 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2850 across the MDW and BWI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 3/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2850 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
10-29MDW 18:25BWI 21:15 22:25 (+70)
10-28MDW 18:30 18:23 (−7)BWI 21:25 20:58 (−27)
10-27MDW 18:30 18:24 (−6)BWI 21:25 21:00 (−25)
10-26MDW 18:25 18:36 (+11)BWI 21:15 21:11 (−4)
10-23MDW 18:25 19:01 (+36)BWI 21:15 21:35 (+20)
10-22MDW 18:25 19:47 (+82)BWI 21:15 22:25 (+70)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N218WN, N8536Z, N8840Q, N8976K.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and BWI published them.

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