WN2889Southwest Airlines · MDW → HOU
live · 15m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2889 ChicagoMDW · 09:40 HoustonHOU · 12:15

WN2889 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Houston (HOU).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
09:40

scheduled from MDW

Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+9 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-20
+5 gate · +9 arrival
10-19
+5 gate · +9 arrival
10-17
+3 gate · −2 arrival
10-16
+3 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
HOUHoustonOn-time likelyHOU delay board →
MDW→HOUevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and HOU 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 Houston flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN116departs 06:25
WN2888departs 07:00
WN1381departs 08:50
WN1998departs 10:15
WN799departs 11:50
WN2699departs 12:25

If WN2889 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Houston 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 WN2889 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2889 across the MDW and HOU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2889 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
10-20MDW 09:40 09:45 (+5)HOU 12:15 12:24 (+9)
10-19MDW 09:40 09:45 (+5)HOU 12:15 12:24 (+9)
10-17MDW 10:30 10:33 (+3)HOU 13:05 13:03 (−2)
10-16MDW HOU 12:15 12:18 (+3)

Board clocks recorded as MDW and HOU published them.

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