WN2990Southwest Airlines · MDW → SJC
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2990 ChicagoMDW · 09:50 San JoseSJC · 12:25

WN2990 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to San Jose (SJC) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowIn the air to San Jose · off blocks 09:56 · 6 min late
12:34

estimated arrival at SJC · local time · ~3h 04m from now

LivePosition · updated 2m ago
SJC1,316 mi · ~3h 04m leftMDW
36,000 ftAltitudecruising
444 mphSpeed386 kt
263°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 1h 16m

Typical gate push+6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+6 gate · +7 arrival
10-29
+11 gate · +0 arrival
10-28
+21 gate · +12 arrival
10-27
+6 gate · −22 arrival
10-26
+4 gate · −11 arrival
10-23
+36 gate · +7 arrival
10-22
+0 gate · −9 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
SJCSan JoseOn-time likelySJC delay board →
MDW→SJCevery 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
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MDW and SJC 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

Chicago to San Jose with Southwest Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
11%0.9× usual

Forecast weather: 93% chance of rain at Chicago

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 2 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 Chicago to San Jose flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1705departs 10:00
WN2483departs 12:50
WN1281departs 19:10
WN1271departs 20:40
WN2080departs 21:15
WN1940departs 21:20

If WN2990 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to San Jose on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW 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 WN2990 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2990 across the MDW and SJC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 7/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2990 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
10-30MDW 09:50 09:56 (+6)SJC 12:25 12:32 (+7)
10-29MDW 09:50 10:01 (+11)SJC 12:25 (+0)
10-28MDW 10:15 10:36 (+21)SJC 12:50 13:02 (+12)
10-27MDW 10:15 10:21 (+6)SJC 12:50 12:28 (−22)
10-26MDW 09:50 09:54 (+4)SJC 12:25 12:14 (−11)
10-23MDW 09:50 10:26 (+36)SJC 12:25 12:32 (+7)
10-22MDW 09:50 (+0)SJC 12:25 12:16 (−9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8507C, N8888M, N9001F, N8568Z.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and SJC published them.

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Pro Flight Search: WN2990 Chicago to San Jose on-time performance, measured from the MDW and SJC airport boards.

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