WN2896Southwest Airlines · MDW → IND
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2896 ChicagoMDW · 22:15 IndianapolisIND · 00:15

WN2896 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Indianapolis (IND) for the Fri, Oct 23 departure.

Right nowLanded in Indianapolis · today
00:26

arrived at IND · 11 min late

Typical gate push+124 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+15 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~109 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+49+99+148 min
10-23
+11 arrival
10-22
+21 gate · +11 arrival
10-19
+24 gate · +15 arrival
10-16
+148 gate · +136 arrival
10-15
+124 gate · +121 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 +15 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoModerate riskMDW delay board →
INDIndianapolisOn-time likelyIND delay board →
MDW→INDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and IND 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 Indianapolis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN8505departs 05:30
WN2699departs 09:50
WN1963departs 10:00
WN3412departs 10:00
WN787departs 10:25
WN2949departs 19:10

If WN2896 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Indianapolis 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 WN2896 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2896 across the MDW and IND boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 3/5 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 WN2896 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
10-23MDW 22:15IND 00:15 00:26 (+11)
10-22MDW 22:15 22:36 (+21)IND 00:15 00:26 (+11)
10-19MDW 22:15 22:39 (+24)IND 00:15 00:30 (+15)
10-16MDW 22:15 00:43 (+148)IND 00:15 02:31 (+136)
10-15MDW 22:15 00:19 (+124)IND 00:15 02:16 (+121)

Board clocks recorded as MDW and IND published them.

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