WN2940Southwest Airlines · SMF → STL
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2940 SacramentoSMF · 13:30 St LouisSTL · 19:05

WN2940 by Southwest Airlines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to St Louis (STL).

Same number through SMF → MCI → STL

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
05:40

scheduled from SMF

Typical gate push+48 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+34 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~14 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+52+105+157 min
10-30
+36 gate · +13 arrival
10-29
+65 gate
10-26
+48 gate · +24 arrival
10-23
+36 gate · +13 arrival
10-22
+62 gate · +44 arrival
10-19
+1 gate · +157 arrival
10-16
+118 gate · +115 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 +34 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
SMF→STLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SMF and STL 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

Sacramento to St Louis with Southwest Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.6%1.2× usual

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 1 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 Sacramento to St Louis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4133departs 10:30
WN931departs 12:05
WN2755departs 12:55

If WN2940 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Sacramento to St Louis on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SMF 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 WN2940 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2940 across the SMF and STL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~37 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 0/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2940 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
10-30SMF 13:30 14:06 (+36)STL 19:05 19:18 (+13)
10-29SMF 13:30 14:35 (+65)STL
10-26SMF 13:30 14:18 (+48)STL 19:05 19:29 (+24)
10-23SMF 13:30 14:06 (+36)STL 19:05 19:18 (+13)
10-22SMF 13:30 14:32 (+62)STL 19:05 19:49 (+44)
10-19SMF 16:36 16:37 (+1)STL 19:05 21:42 (+157)
10-16SMF 13:30 15:28 (+118)STL 19:05 21:00 (+115)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8566Z, N8319F, N8780Q, N8564Z.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and STL published them.

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Pro Flight Search: WN2940 Sacramento to St Louis on-time performance, measured from the SMF and STL airport boards.

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