WN2977Southwest Airlines · MDW → RSW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2977 ChicagoMDW · 18:35 Fort MyersRSW · 22:25

WN2977 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Fort Myers (RSW) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate B14
18:35

departs MDW · on schedule

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−1 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~14 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+47+93+140 min
10-28
−1 arrival
10-27
+13 gate · −1 arrival
10-26
+1 gate · −3 arrival
10-25
+18 gate · +16 arrival
10-24
+13 gate · −9 arrival
10-23
+140 gate

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 −1 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
RSWFort MyersOn-time likelyRSW delay board →
MDW→RSWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and RSW 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Chicago to Fort Myers with Southwest Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: elevated
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.3%3.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
9.1%1.4× usual

Forecast weather: 70% chance of rain at Fort Myers

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
061422
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T
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T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Fort Myers flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4460departs 05:05
WN9789departs 08:40
WN1131departs 10:10
WN2976departs 12:50
WN4110departs 13:00

If WN2977 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Fort Myers 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 WN2977 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2977 across the MDW and RSW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 3/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2977 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
10-28MDW 18:35RSW 22:25 22:24 (−1)
10-27MDW 18:35 18:48 (+13)RSW 22:25 22:24 (−1)
10-26MDW 18:50 18:51 (+1)RSW 22:40 22:37 (−3)
10-25MDW 19:00 19:18 (+18)RSW 22:50 23:06 (+16)
10-24MDW 16:10 16:23 (+13)RSW 20:00 19:51 (−9)
10-23MDW 18:50 21:10 (+140)RSW

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8680C, N8721J, N7886A, N8754S.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and RSW published them.

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