WN3048Southwest Airlines · MKE → DCA
updated 3h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3048 MilwaukeeMKE · 17:00 WashingtonDCA · 20:00

WN3048 by Southwest Airlines flies from Milwaukee (MKE) to Washington (DCA) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowEn route to Washington · off blocks 19:00 · 120 min late
En route

en route from MKE to DCA

En routeWN3048 · position estimated
MKEMilwaukeeDCAWashington
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 19:00.

Typical gate push+45 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+6 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~39 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+40+80+120 min
11-05
+120 gate · +98 arrival
10-30
+64 gate · +27 arrival
10-29
+120 gate · +98 arrival
10-26
+25 gate · −3 arrival
10-25
+45 gate · +6 arrival
10-24
+4 gate · −31 arrival
10-23
+0 gate · −29 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 +6 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MKEMilwaukeeOn-time likelyMKE delay board →
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
MKE→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MKE and DCA 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 at Milwaukee

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 7°C to 10°C
Low3°Clikely 1°C to 5°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Washington

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 20°C to 23°C
Low16°Clikely 13°C to 18°C
  • 87% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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 Milwaukee to Washington flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1525departs 07:20
WN4376departs 08:05
WN1440departs 08:10
WN2833departs 09:05
WN2053departs 16:45
WN936departs 17:10

If WN3048 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Milwaukee to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MKE 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 WN3048 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3048 across the MKE and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min late. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 4/7 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 WN3048 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
11-05MKE 17:00 19:00 (+120)DCA 20:00 21:38 (+98)
10-30MKE 17:00 18:04 (+64)DCA 20:00 20:27 (+27)
10-29MKE 17:00 19:00 (+120)DCA 20:00 21:38 (+98)
10-26MKE 17:00 17:25 (+25)DCA 20:00 19:57 (−3)
10-25MKE 17:05 17:50 (+45)DCA 20:10 20:16 (+6)
10-24MKE 16:05 16:09 (+4)DCA 19:05 18:34 (−31)
10-23MKE 17:00 (+0)DCA 20:00 19:31 (−29)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N7702A, N941WN, N486WN, N8872Q.

Board clocks recorded as MKE and DCA published them.

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