WN297Southwest Airlines · MDW → BNA
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN297 ChicagoMDW · 21:30 NashvilleBNA · 23:00

WN297 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Nashville (BNA) for the Fri, Oct 16 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate B18 · as of 03:10
21:30

departs MDW · on schedule

Typical gate push+41 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+20 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~21 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-15
+25 gate · +19 arrival
10-14
+41 gate · +20 arrival
10-13
+44 gate · +22 arrival
10-12
+6 gate · −7 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
MDWChicagoHigh riskMDW delay board →
BNANashvilleOn-time likelyBNA delay board →
MDW→BNAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.7%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MDW (Chicago), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Nashville flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4756departs 07:05
WN2912departs 07:40
WN1529departs 08:35
WN768departs 09:30
WN1286departs 10:50
WN549departs 11:50

If WN297 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Nashville 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 WN297 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN297 across the MDW and BNA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~30 min late. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 1/3 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 WN297 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
10-15MDW 21:30 21:55 (+25)BNA 23:00 23:19 (+19)
10-14MDW 20:45 21:26 (+41)BNA 22:15 22:35 (+20)
10-13MDW 20:45 21:29 (+44)BNA 22:15 22:37 (+22)
10-12MDW 21:30 21:36 (+6)BNA 23:00 22:53 (−7)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8549Z, N8876Q, N8821S, N9015R.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and BNA published them.

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