WN2865Southwest Airlines · MDW → DAL
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2865 ChicagoMDW · 14:35 DallasDAL · 17:05

WN2865 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Dallas (DAL) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowLanded in Dallas · today
16:47

arrived at DAL · 18 min early

Typical gate push+32 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~30 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+45+91+136 min
10-22
−18 arrival
10-21
+4 gate · −18 arrival
10-20
+32 gate · +17 arrival
10-19
+7 gate · +0 arrival
10-18
+136 gate · +2 arrival
10-16
+37 gate · +22 arrival
10-15
+4 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 · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
DALDallasOn-time likelyDAL delay board →
MDW→DALevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and DAL are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, 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 →

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 Dallas flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4026departs 05:00
WN738departs 05:15
WN1349departs 05:40
WN1350departs 06:35
WN1426departs 07:15
WN2864departs 09:40

If WN2865 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Dallas on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN2865 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2865 across the MDW and DAL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~34 min late. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 2/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2865 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
10-22MDW 14:35DAL 17:05 16:47 (−18)
10-21MDW 14:50 14:54 (+4)DAL 17:05 16:47 (−18)
10-20MDW 14:50 15:22 (+32)DAL 17:05 17:22 (+17)
10-19MDW 14:35 14:42 (+7)DAL 16:50 (+0)
10-18MDW 12:25 14:41 (+136)DAL 14:40 14:42 (+2)
10-16MDW 14:35 15:12 (+37)DAL 16:50 17:12 (+22)
10-15MDW DAL 16:50 16:54 (+4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8929S, N8974K, N8740A, N7820L.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and DAL published them.

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