WN287Southwest Airlines · BWI → SAN
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN287 BaltimoreBWI · 06:10 San DiegoSAN · 08:45

WN287 by Southwest Airlines flies from Baltimore (BWI) to San Diego (SAN) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowIn the air to San Diego · off blocks 06:20 · 10 min late
08:24

estimated arrival at SAN · local time · ~2h 51m from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
SAN1,346 mi · ~2h 51m leftBWI
34,000 ftAltitudecruising
479 mphSpeed416 kt
260°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 2h 12m

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~30 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
10-30
+10 gate · −21 arrival
10-29
+16 gate · −16 arrival
10-26
+7 gate · −18 arrival
10-23
+15 gate · −15 arrival
10-22
+9 gate · −17 arrival
10-19
+23 gate · −19 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BWIBaltimoreOn-time likelyBWI delay board →
SANSan DiegoOn-time likelySAN delay board →
BWI→SANevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
52%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+18 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at BWI and SAN 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

Baltimore to San Diego with Southwest Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
11%0.8× usual

Forecast weather: 83% chance of rain at San Diego

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

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · 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 Baltimore to San Diego flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1772departs 06:20
WN2794departs 07:15
WN2407departs 09:45
WN1784departs 10:10
WN1375departs 11:50
WN1151departs 14:30

If WN287 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Baltimore to San Diego on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BWI 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 WN287 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN287 across the BWI and SAN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 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 WN287 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
10-30BWI 06:10 06:20 (+10)SAN 08:45 08:24 (−21)
10-29BWI 06:10 06:26 (+16)SAN 08:45 08:29 (−16)
10-26BWI 06:10 06:17 (+7)SAN 08:45 08:27 (−18)
10-23BWI 06:10 06:25 (+15)SAN 08:45 08:30 (−15)
10-22BWI 06:10 06:19 (+9)SAN 08:45 08:28 (−17)
10-19BWI 06:10 06:33 (+23)SAN 08:45 08:26 (−19)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8806Q, N8571Z, N8815L, N8870K.

Board clocks recorded as BWI and SAN published them.

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