WN3557Southwest Airlines · RDU → BWI
updated 4h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3557 Raleigh/DurhamRDU · 06:10 BaltimoreBWI · 07:15

WN3557 by Southwest Airlines flies from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Baltimore (BWI).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
22:40

scheduled from RDU

⚖ WN3557 typically leaves +8 and lands −17. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+8 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~25 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-02
+12 gate · −10 arrival
10-30
−11 gate · −17 arrival
10-29
+22 gate · −2 arrival
10-28
+8 gate · −20 arrival
10-27
+7 gate · −25 arrival
10-26
+12 gate · −10 arrival
10-25
+3 gate · −21 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
RDURaleigh/DurhamOn-time likelyRDU delay board →
BWIBaltimoreOn-time likelyBWI delay board →
RDU→BWIevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at RDU and BWI 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 Raleigh/Durham

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High23°Clikely 21°C to 24°C
Low10°Clikely 8°C to 11°C
  • 44% chance of fog

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 Baltimore

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 22°C
Low8°Clikely 6°C to 10°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.

When it flies

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

Other Raleigh/Durham to Baltimore flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3273departs 06:10
WN3607departs 06:15
WN3591departs 07:50
WN1552departs 08:40
WN3346departs 09:10
WN484departs 09:40

If WN3557 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Baltimore on the same day, with scheduled departure times in RDU 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 WN3557 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3557 across the RDU and BWI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 11/11 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 WN3557 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
11-02RDU 06:10 06:22 (+12)BWI 07:15 07:05 (−10)
10-30RDU 06:10 05:59 (−11)BWI 07:15 06:58 (−17)
10-29RDU 06:10 06:32 (+22)BWI 07:15 07:13 (−2)
10-28RDU 06:00 06:08 (+8)BWI 07:10 06:50 (−20)
10-27RDU 06:00 06:07 (+7)BWI 07:10 06:45 (−25)
10-26RDU 06:10 06:22 (+12)BWI 07:15 07:05 (−10)
10-25RDU 05:40 05:43 (+3)BWI 06:45 06:24 (−21)
10-23RDU 06:10 06:29 (+19)BWI 07:15 (+0)
10-22RDU 06:10 06:13 (+3)BWI 07:15 06:56 (−19)
10-21RDU 06:00 06:27 (+27)BWI 07:10 07:08 (−2)
10-20RDU 06:00 06:03 (+3)BWI 07:10 06:43 (−27)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8878L, N8626B, N8951S, N8671D.

Board clocks recorded as RDU and BWI published them.

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